#northern
Nordlichter über meiner Stadt!!! 😃😍🤩🟣🟣🟣
Nikolaus zum Besuch bei SC Turnferein-Feier.🎅
Teil.2
#Nordlichter und #Wunder #Nicolausfeir #meineFotos #mywork #Northern lights and #wonders #Nicolausfeir #myphotos
Aurora like in a shape of an Angel with wings
#Aurora #NorthernIreland #northernlights #northern #auroraborealis #borealis #Iceland #Norway #Alaska
Aurora, iceberg and wood fire in Alaska, USA
#Aurora #NorthernIreland #northernlights #northern #auroraborealis #borealis #Iceland #Norway #Alaska
Hospital sheltering thousands of people in Gaza is attacked | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Watch the moment an Israeli air strike hit the gates of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, where Palestinians say a new massacre has taken place afte...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Israeli #KamalAdwan #Palestinians #air #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #attack #attacks #gates #hit #hospital #latestnews #massacre #moment #newsheadlines #northern #strike
Hospital sheltering thousands of people in Gaza is attacked | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
This morning's aurora borealis, this may be the most beautiful ⁇
Alaska, USA, 2.12.2023
#aurora #northernlights #auroraborealis #nightsky #auroraborealisnotifications #nightview #fairbanks #alaska #nature #auroras #thealaskalife#ilovealaska #aurora #northern lights #world's best views #fairbanks #alaska #alaska
Gaza street flooded after Israel destroys water tower | AJ #shorts
This street in northern Gaza was flooded after Israel hit a water tower, one of the few remaining sources of water for residents of the besieged enclave. Su...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Water #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #clean #flooded #freshwater #latestnews #newsheadlines #northern #residents #source #street #supply #tower
Gaza street flooded after Israel destroys water tower | AJ #shorts
Today is the penultimate full day of #summer in the #northern #hemisphere if, like the majority of the population on the planet, you live in or east of #Europe or #Africa. The #equinox will occur a little after 02:00Z on Friday 23 September. With today's #sunset, I present two #photographs but each both in #greyscale (or #BlackAndWhite) and #colour.
I think the contrast is better in black and white #image and you can more clearly see the #birds flying about. The colour one is of course richer and has that extra dimension.
This wider shot shows a greater expanse of #sky with more variation in colour (only for the colour image, of course).
#photography #nature #landscape #Northern Light
Incredibly beautiful natural phenomenon❤ (Northern Lights)
December ‘cold moon,’ final full moon of 2021, to shine this weekend
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2111/full-moon-guide-december-2021-january-2022/
https://earthsky.org/tonight/december-full-moon-mimics-the-june-sun/
https://www.moongiant.com/moonphases/december/2021/
https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/moon-phase-day-19-december-2021
https://vibrational-astrology.com/2021/12/10/full-moon-in-gemini-2021/
We’re about to get the #longest #full #moon of the year. Known as #December’s #cold-moon, the #fullmoon will fill the #sky Saturday night, #December18-19 #2021. It’s the last full moon that we’ll see before the #winter #solstice hits in the #Northern #Hemisphere.
#cold #frost #winter #oak #long-night #moon-before-yule #datta-jaynati #mourning #elder #gemini #earth #cosmos #lunar #apogee #micromoon #astronomy #astrology
#Redwoods #Sequoia_Sempervirens #Ancient #Trees #Big_Basin_State_Park #Historical #Landmark #Coastal #Forest #SantaCruz #County #Fires #Survival #Nature #Beautiful #Northern #California #August252020
ANCIENT REDWOODS SURVIVE WILDFIRE AT CALIFORNIA'S OLDEST STATE PARK
By Martha Mendoza
Published: Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Wildfires | Associated Press
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. - When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest living things on Earth, may finally have succumbed.
But an Associated Press reporter and photographer hiked the renowned Redwood Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Monday and confirmed most of the ancient redwoods had withstood the blaze. Among the survivors is one dubbed 'Mother of the Forest'.
“That is such good news, I can’t tell you how much that gives me peace of mind,” said Laura McLendon, conservation director for the Sempervirens Fund, an environmental group dedicated to the protection of redwoods and their habitats.
Redwood forests are meant to burn, she said, so reports earlier this week that the state park was “gone” were misleading.
The historic park headquarters is gone, as are many small buildings and campground infrastructure that went up in flames as fire swept through the park about 45 miles south of San Francisco.
“But the forest is not gone,” McLendon said. “It will regrow. Every old-growth redwood I’ve ever seen, in Big Basin and other parks, has fire scars on them. They’ve been through multiple fires, possibly worse than this.”
When forest fires, windstorms and lightning hit redwood trees, those that don’t topple can resprout. Mother of the Forest, for example, used to be 329 feet tall, the tallest tree in the park. After the top broke off in a storm, a new trunk sprouted where the old growth had been.
Trees that fall feed the forest floor, and become nurse trees from which new redwoods grow. Forest critters, from banana slugs to insects, thrive under logs.
On Monday, Steller’s jays searched for insects around the park’s partially burned outdoor amphitheater and woodpeckers could be heard hammering on trees. Occasionally a thundering crash echoed through the valley as large branches or burning trees fell.
When Big Basin opened in 1902 it marked the genesis of redwood conservation. The park now receives about 250,000 visitors a year from around the world, and millions have walked the Redwood Trail.
The park only recently reopened after COVID-19 related closures and now is closed because of the fire. The road in is blocked by several large trees that fell across it, some waist-high, some still on fire.
While there is a great deal of work to be done rebuilding campgrounds, clearing trails and managing damaged madrones, oaks and firs, Big Basin will recover, McLendon said.
“The forest, in some ways, is resetting,” she said.
State Parks District Superintendent Chris Spohrer said he was pleased to know the redwoods had survived. He said an assessment team had only been able to check buildings so far, and that he hopes they can inspect the trees in the coming days.
“The reason those trees are so old is because they are really resilient,” he said.
LONG LIVE THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD! 💗
Photo: Smoke hangs low in the air at Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Saturday - 22 August 2020
Photography by Kent Nishimura
(Los Angeles Times)
#Redwoods #Sequoia_Sempervirens #Ancient #Trees #Big_Basin_State_Park #Historical #Landmark #Coastal #Forest #SantaCruz #County #Fires #Survival #Nature #Beautiful #Northern #California #August242020
California fires: Burned redwoods at Big Basin, other parks will recover soon, experts say
Studies after other fires in redwood forests found trees turned green in months
Monday, 24 August 2020
The historic fire that roared through the ancient redwoods of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, blackening all 18,000 acres of California’s oldest state park and destroying its historic buildings, has drawn international attention and prompted an outpouring of grief and concern.
But fire scientists who have carefully studied other coastal redwood forests after wildfires have surprisingly good news: Don’t worry. Even though they look terrible now, most of the trees will recover.
Not in 100 years. But much sooner. Amazingly, most of the giant, scorched black trees will begin sprouting green leaves again by this winter, they say, when rains begin. Coast redwoods, the tallest trees on Earth, have the Latin name Sequoia Sempervirens, which means “ever-living Sequoia.” Their breathtaking ability to stand tall in the face of floods, fires and other calamities is how they live to be up to 2,000 years old.
Big Basin is California's oldest State Park, established in 1902, earning its designation as a California Historical Landmark. Its original 3,800 acres (15 km2) have been increased over the years to over 18,000 acres (73 km2). It is part of the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion and is home to the largest continuous stand of ancient coast redwoods south of San Francisco. It contains 10,800 acres (44 km2) of old-growth forest, as well as recovering redwood forest, with mixed conifer, oaks, chaparral and riparian habitats.
LONG LIVE THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD! 💗
#Fires #Our #Beautiful #Northern #California #Devastated #PrayForCalifornia #LNU_Lightning_Complex #Headlines #August242020
Raging California Wildfires Displace 120,000, Burn 1.2 Million Acres
MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 2020
Record wildfires in California have prompted officials to issue new red flag warnings, with high temperatures and gusty winds threatening to make an already historic series of wildfires even worse. At least six people have died, and nearly 120,000 have fled their homes, as 1.2 million acres have already burned — an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. Two of the wildfires rank as the second- and third-largest fires in California’s history. The fires were triggered by an estimated 12,000 dry lightning strikes amid a record-shattering heat wave driven by the climate crisis.
Smoke from California wildfires is now visible in Kansas
As wildfires continue to rage throughout California, residual plumes of smoke have drifted all the way to the Midwest, reaching as far as the northwestern region of Kansas.
Crews on LNU Complex fires prepare for small chance of lightning Monday
Updated 9:54 am PDT
Multiple wildfires are burning in the greater North Bay. Cal Fire is referring to them collectively as the LNU Lightning Complex. LNU stands for Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, and you can find the latest evacuation info here. A map of the fire is available here. The biggest fires are:
Hennessey Fire (merged with Gamble, Green, Aetna, Markley, Morgan, Spanish and Round): Napa County, 293,602 acres, 26% contained
Walbridge Fire (merged with Stewarts): Sonoma County, west of Healdsburg, 54,068 acres, 5% contained
Meyers Fire Sonoma County, north of Jenner, 2,360 acres, 95% contained
Crews on the LNU Lightning Complex in the North Bay are preparing for the possibility of dry lightning and high winds Monday morning and afternoon, as thunderstorms move across Northern California.
“The Red Flag Warning continues until 5 p.m. today,” Cal Fire said in its Monday morning status report. “Thunderstorms are still predicted throughout the day, which causes erratic winds, extreme fire behavior within the existing fires, and has the potential for new fire starts.” (Find the full Cal Fire report here. ) see link -→
PRAY FOR CALIFORNIA ~ Heartbroken
#TwentyFive #Old #Borges #Ranch #Cows #Grazing #GreenGreenGrass #CastleRockRoad #Valley #Oak #Trees #Rolling #Hills #Shell #Ridge #Open #Space #Foothills #MountDiablo #Nature #WalnutCreek #Northern #California #Our #World
Yes, I know I've been posting a lot of oak trees ~ but I saved the best for last!
I met #25! ~ Beautiful, isn't she?!... and oh so serious...
OLD BORGES RANCH --
Walnut Creek
April 01, 2019