Tuesday, September 17, 2013

A Rare Moment of Calm on Earth

























The image, taken on September 8, shows no hurricanes, cyclones, or tropical storms in the Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian Ocean basin. A total of 14 polar satellite images, also known as swaths, were taken at midday and stitched together to create the stunning view

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2422486/A-rare-moment-calm-Earth-Stunning-satellite-image-reveals-strangely-clear-skies-Atlantic-Pacific-Indian-Ocean.html#ixzz2f9uDaYoX

 

Last month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration charted the 11,967 tropical cyclones that have occurred on Earth since records began. By colouring how many times any storm track overlapped another, certain patterns arise in the density of storms affecting a given area. Cyclone tracks overlapped the most in the western Pacific and Bay of Bengal. The frequency of track overlaps is much lower in the Western Hemisphere
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 2:45 PM

    Wow Sam Baker 4th Period

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    cool
    Michele Solis
    5th period

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    Awesome! Christine Lee

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    Matthew Lee 5th period

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    cool!!!!
    Kate Yelverton 4th

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    That is unusual... I'm glad I could experience it. :P

    -Ganga Pradeep, 6th period

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    Interesting!
    ~Kaitlin Mottley,5th Period

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    That's great and cool!! - Sophie Ross 4th period

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  9. UnknownSeptember 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM

    I learned something new today.

    ~Kaitlyn Tong��

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    That is very intersting!
    Savannah Lee-6th period

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  11. UnknownSeptember 17, 2013 at 7:31 PM

    That is very interesting and perculiar

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    wow.!!!!! andrea brimhall 4th

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    I've always found it hard to believe how different the weather is in various locations on the Earth. It's good to know that the entire world can have one day completely free of cyclones, hurricanes, and tropical storms.
    By the way, my family is from the area of Calcutta (or Kolkata) which is on the Bay of Bengal.
    -Sukanya Barman

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 7:11 PM

    That's really interesting!
    - Janani Mahadevan, 5th pd.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    I never knew that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    -Shreya Veeravelli

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    That's really crazy... I seriously just stared at the first picture for a while thinking "Nah, there's something going on here. I just have to find it... AHA, WHAT IS THI-oh, just some clouds."
    I guess you learn something new every day.

    -Chloe Carter, 6th period

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    That's really crazy... I seriously just stared at the first picture for a while thinking "Nah, there's something going on here. I just have to find it... AHA, WHAT IS THI-oh, just some clouds."
    I guess you learn something new every day.

    -Chloe Carter, 6th period

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