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Up, up and away

A meteorologist at the Ittoqqortoormiit weather station prepares to launch the weather balloon. Balloon borne radiosoundings are taken every 12 hours, measuring vertical profiles of temperature, pressure, humidity and wind speeds. The walls of the hut are lined with black and white portraits of the community members. Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

weather balloonballoon launchmeteorologistradiosoundingcommunity portraitsarctic cultureremote travelradio towerIttoqqortoormiitScoresby SundEast Greenland

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  • The meteorologist
  • Up, up and away
  • Terry Allen

    on September 22, 2020

    Many thanks everyone for the nice comments!

  • John (300m)

    on September 21, 2020

    excellent shot Terry!

  • Judith Sparhawk

    on September 16, 2020

    Very interesting about the weather balloon. I'm assuming that the information obtained this way is radioed to other locations?? He looks very intent in what he is doing with the balloon.

  • Greg&Rose Photography

    on September 16, 2020

    Very good shot excellent info

  • Pascale GUY

    on September 16, 2020

    Excellent shot ! I never imagined meteorologic ballon was so big ! Great notion of scale !

  • geoghanart

    on September 16, 2020

    Excellent addition to your photo documentation of village like. This well done candid portrait shows the size of the balloon in comparison to a adult person and also the photos on the wall add a lot of human interest to go with the scene of the houses.

  • Wayne Wendel

    on September 16, 2020

    Your photographs of village life is eye opening and full of wow factor.

  • Janet McQueen

    on September 16, 2020

    to answer your question Terry... we store the potatoes in the basement, as cool, dry & dark a place as we can find. When cleaning the potatoes, we try not to get them too wet, so they are stored very dry. They usually keep until Feb/March & then start sprouting & get soft, but we won't have enough to last that long this year. Good luck with yours, would like to know how you store & keep them.

  • Byron Fair Photography

    on September 16, 2020

    Nice capture. That's fun.

  • Marc DeGirolamo Photography

    on September 16, 2020

    thanks for the nice picture Terry, the pictures bring the human element into the shot...meteorologist is obviously into photography as well...

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