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FINAL POST. My favourite captures and why I am no longer able to update the blog.

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FINAL POST. My favourite captures and why I am no longer able to update the blog.

Below are my favourite captures in order of when I saw them, all taken from posts on this blog! Read below for a bit of a discussion...

02/01/2023 - Light Pillars over Östersund

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02/01/2023 - Light Pillars over Östersund

We were driving back through the -20°c air from a fantastic day skiing in Vemdalen when we were met with the incredible sight in the...

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31/10/2022 - Mammatus over Aberystwyth

On the afternoon of the 31st October, I looked up at an amazing set of textures across the sky. Unmistakably mammatus. Great big bulges...

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25/10/2022 - Partial Solar Eclipse

On the 25th October a partial solar eclipse was visible from Aberystwyth, and as good weather was promised, I set up the cameras to...

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29/06/2022 - Echinoid Fossil

While visiting Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic coast, we spotted some fossils. this fossil I believe to be of an echinoid was the most...

18/04/2022 - Solar halo over grounded ice

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18/04/2022 - Solar halo over grounded ice

When the country freezes, liquid inputs to the hydrological cycle are severely reduced as all the precipitation is locked in snow and ice...

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07/04/2022 - Aurora

While I had technically seen the Aurora when I was very young, I had never been ready with my camera to catch it. While I was in Sweden,...

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13/01/2022 - Temperature Inversion

As we approached the summit of Cadair Idris, we realised that we were beginning to be able to see over the clouds. By the time we reached...

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01/01/2022 - Sun Pillar

A sun pillar seen over the frozen Storsjön. Sun pillars are caused by light reflecting off ice particles in the atmosphere, so are common...

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28/12/2021 - Escaping Earth's shadow

After taking off in the dark on my early-morning flight to Sweden, we climbed up to cruising altitude and the sky began to brighten up,...

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19/12/2021 - Fog Bow

On the morning of the 19th I woke up ready to head to the local steam railway to perform on the keyboard as 'Music Elf' on their 'Ride...

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16/10/2021 - Parhelion over Aberystwyth

A parhelion emerged in the sky on my walk along the Rheidol, an interesting small phenomenon which is actually quite common. This little...

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09/08/2021 - Rainbow waterfall Wales

While visiting the Henrhyd falls in Wales, a piece of a double rainbow appeared in the spray coming off the waterfall, creating a...

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13/07/2021 - Ben Nevis Watermelon Snow

I wasn't expecting to even find snow when I climbed Ben Nevis in mid-July, let alone watermelon snow! As we approached the plateau at the...

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14/06/2021- Sun Pillar

Just after sunset a beam of light appeared, shining up into the sky right over where the sun had vanished below the horizon. The light...

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27/05/2021 - Crisp Solar Halo

Today a thin layer of cirrostratus rolled over the west coast ahead of a warm front due to drizzle on us all day tomorrow and formed this...

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19/05/2021 - Lunar Halo

Soon after capturing an ISS lunar transit, cirrostratus clouds pushed in between me and the moon, foreboding the start of the next day's...

16/05/2021 - Vibrant Rainbow in the Mountains

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16/05/2021 - Vibrant Rainbow in the Mountains

Today, whilst walking from Tal-Y-Bont to Barmouth, we came across this spectacularly vibrant rainbow forming under a convective shower,...

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25/04/2021 - Shadow of a vapour trail

Whilst drawing my hike up Plynlimon to a close, I spotted a rather bizarre sight in the sky. One of the aircraft overhead appeared to be...

31/12/2019 - Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

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31/12/2019 - Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

On the final day of 2019 we were blessed with the most gorgeous natural light show I have ever seen. These bizarre oil-stain-like shapes...