● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #MikhailFedyayev #Siberia ☞ ‘A mix of schadenfreude and fear’ The arrest of one of Russia’s richest men following a deadly mine explosion has pleased locals but raised worries about regional stability https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/31/a-mix-of-schadenfreude-and-fear
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Siberia ☞ Defendant number nine Russia jails prominent businessman #MikhailFedyaev in connection with deadly mine accident in Siberia https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/16/defendant-number-nine
Filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov has created a short aerial film called "Spirit of Altai," exclusively shot with DJI Air 2S drone that showcases the beautiful landscape of a West Siberian region in Russia.
Prior to the pandemic, Sherbakov generally traveled outside of his home country of Russia to capture incredible locations, but the last couple of years has changed his perspective and he has begun to focus on and appreciate the picturesque landscapes at his own doorstep.
Earlier this year, Sherbakov shared "The Noor" -- a short film dedicated to the raw beauty of frozen Baikal lake in the Eastern Siberia region of Russia. This time, Sherbakov has turned his drone to an equally as picturesque region in Altai in Western Siberia. In "Spirit of Altai," he swapped the vastness of ice for a diverse landscape that spans mountains, rivers, forests, deep blue lakes, and wavy roads.
Sherbakov had only seen images of the region and hadn't visited it before the shoot as it is a ten-hour drive away from his home. He tells PetaPixel that the region had been on his wish-list and it didn't disappoint when he got to experience it.
Though he is not a stranger to challenging shooting conditions, Sherbakov experienced some filming difficulty due to extremely strong winds in a couple of locations.
"I had six days to explore the region and not every day was great," he says. "Due to weather and particularly low clouds, we could not travel to one or two planned locations. Also, I got sick on the fourth day because of hyperthermia and missed an amazing morning shoot with low fog (once in a million opportunity as I have been told) but I didn't get upset since I think I went home with great material."
Sherbakov shot the film by himself whilst on a trip which was a part of a photo tour with ten other travelers. During the post-production stage, he teamed up with a composer to produce unique and authentic sound material.
This film is a positive outcome of an otherwise difficult situation. Because Sherbakov was not able to travel abroad due to pandemic restrictions, he is glad that he has been able to turn to appreciate what his own country has to offer. He also hopes that the film will showcase the grand beauty of the region and immerse the audience.
More of Sherbakov's work can be found on his website, Instagram, YouTube, and Vimeo.
Image credits: Photos by Vadim Sherbakov.
#inspiration #spotlight #travel #aerial #cold #dji #djiair2s #drones #dronevideo #mountains #russia #shortfilm #siberia #vadimsherbakov
So YouTube put a video about #siberia on my frontpage yesterday and then I watched two from this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewnpz5mc4Sjx4esAs54O0w
I mean usually I neighter have the time nor the nerves to watch films or videos at all - but her style is okay, some modern effects, yes, but not too hectic. Also interesting stuff about #china and different cultures.
Will watch some more later: Seeing freezing cities always makes me feel warm here ;)
source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/17/world/siberia-craters-arctic-climate-change-scn/index.html
The craters are thought to be linked to #climate change.
#Siberia #warming #environment #future #warming #mystery #news
Photo by Stas Bartnikas @stasbart / Located in Russia's Altay region, Mount Belukha is the highest mountain in Siberia at 4,506 meters (14,783 feet). This place is believed to have the strongest energy in all of Altay. Mystics say that the entrance to Shambhala, the place where the teachers of mankind lived, is located here. Well, it feels that way. It was a challenging flight. At 3,900 meters altitude, we practically reached the limit for a Robinson R44 helicopter, with strong winds, the door removed, the cold. [+]
Here's another shot from wikipedia...
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ From #California to #Greece to #Siberia , #Wildfires Rage Worldwide—and More Expected https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/11/california-greece-siberia-wildfires-rage-worldwide-and-more-expected
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #RUSSIA ☞ #Siberia Faces 'Airpocalypse' as Unprecedented #Wildfires Engulf Region in Toxic Smoke https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/21/siberia-faces-airpocalypse-unprecedented-wildfires-engulf-region-toxic-smoke
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/19/even-noah-would-be-amazed/
“ #Working” means: to #help #clean-up after the #tragedies “here,” to help other #victims of #tragedy both near and far, and to face up to #global #warming #climatechange and #biodiversity #collapse, with #real and #cooperative #action to help #slow-the-pace of our #expanding #planetary #catastrophe.
#video #noah #apocalypsenow #flooding #globalwarming #climate #science #rainfall #germany #belgium #france #luxembourg #western #europe #humanity #fires #heat #nw #usa #canada #siberia #planetary #reality #climate #weather #biosphere #environment
More than 2,000 people are deployed in extinguishing wildfires raging around Russia’s coldest inhabited territory, Yakutia, now in the third year of extremely intense season of wildfires.
The first of them ignited as early as the beginning of May right outside the world-famous Pole of Cold, the village of Oymyakon in northeastern Yakutia known for its record low temperatures.
Wildfires continued through May and June, with extra fire extinguishing forces needing to be sent from other regions to help republic’s own teams.
Today Kolyma highway, the major road connecting republic’s capital Yakutsk and the port town of Magadan on the Sea of Okhotsk, had to be shut because the fire got too close to the road and was much too fierce for safe driving.
After looking at the heat and subsequent fires in the Pacific Northwest, I looked through Nullschool's Earth viewer for other areas under peril.
The Yakutia region of Siberia is under a staggering amount of wildfire. The fires seem to have been burning since May, though by both particulate and CO channels at Nullschool, have exploded in size and intensity in just the past 48 hours or so (that would be after the dateline of this article).
Several videos on the article show conditions on the ground.
A snapshot of current conditions as noted by Nullschool:
Particulate channel, shows the location generally of smoke. I've selected the PM1 rather than PM2.5 channel as the latter is somewhat noisier, though it's generally what's used for smoke tracking. Both are fine particulate matter.
CO channel, where carbon monoxide is a much more specific indication of where there is current combustion. These signal regions themselves are immense. My eyeball estimate is that this is roughly the size of the state of Oregon.
The region on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@61.9357692,135.147793,8z/data=!5m1!1e4?hl=en
#wildfire #bushfire #siberia #yakutia #nullschool #ClimateChange #SiberianTimes
#biology #genetics #DenisovaCave #siberia #denisovans
Ancient DNA Analysis Sheds New Light on Occupational History of Denisova Cave
In a new study published this week in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers analyzed DNA from more than 700 sediment samples that were collected from the Pleistocene layers of Denisova Cave in Siberia and detected ancient hominin and mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in 685 and 175 samples, respectively; the earliest evidence for hominin mtDNA is of Denisovans, and is associated with the stone tools that were deposited approximately 250,000 to 170,000 years ago; Neanderthal mtDNA first appears towards the end of this period; the authors also detected a turnover in the mtDNA of Denisovans that coincides with changes in the composition of faunal mtDNA, and evidence that Denisovans and Neanderthals occupied the site repeatedly — possibly until, or after, the onset of the Initial Upper Paleolithic at least 45,000 years ago, when modern human mtDNA is first recorded in the sediments.
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/denisova-cave-occupational-history-09795.html
Liya, Bulunsky ulus. 2008
by Evgenia Arbugaeva
For one year, Siberian photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva lived with, and documented, five nationalities of nomadic reindeer herders Sakha Republic of eastern Siberia.
#photo #photography #EvgeniaArbugaeva #nomadic #reindeer #herders #SakhaRepublic #Siberia #nature
https://www.lensculture.com/earbugaeva?modal=project-221
