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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.
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Terry Allen
on September 22, 2020Many thanks everyone for the nice comments!
John (300m)
on September 21, 2020excellent shot Terry!
Judith Sparhawk
on September 16, 2020Very 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, 2020Very good shot excellent info
Pascale GUY
on September 16, 2020Excellent shot ! I never imagined meteorologic ballon was so big ! Great notion of scale !
geoghanart
on September 16, 2020Excellent 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, 2020Your photographs of village life is eye opening and full of wow factor.
Janet McQueen
on September 16, 2020to 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, 2020Nice capture. That's fun.
Marc DeGirolamo Photography
on September 16, 2020thanks for the nice picture Terry, the pictures bring the human element into the shot...meteorologist is obviously into photography as well...