we tread forward to Candlemass, then to the Spring Equinox
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Sat 22 Dec, 2007 02:44 pm
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Noddy24
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Sat 22 Dec, 2007 02:44 pm
By Candlemas, I should have snowdrops blooming and I can cut forsythia to force.
Meanwhile,
As the days grow longer,
Winter grows stronger.
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CalamityJane
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Sat 22 Dec, 2007 04:30 pm
WE're heading down to the tide pool - it's low tide now.
I shall bring some pictures back!
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hamburger
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Sat 22 Dec, 2007 05:45 pm
celebrating winter solstice in germany "in ye olden days" - looks like they already had sousaphones ; they just loved blowing horns of any kind !
hbg
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CalamityJane
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 12:52 am
The tide was very low today, on this shortest day of the year - gorgeous
day too. Here are some pictures from the tide pool
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ossobuco
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 01:32 am
Love that first one especially...
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Noddy24
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 11:02 am
Calamity Jane--
Your pictures make me regret that I'm landlocked.
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hamburger
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 03:09 pm
CJ :
great pictures , thanks !
went down to lake ontario yesterday and enjoyed a stiff south-westerly breeze - today we are paying for it :lots of RAIN to be followed by SNOW !
hbg
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JPB
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 04:01 pm
Very Cool pics, CJ.
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CalamityJane
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 05:44 pm
Thank you! Today is even an nicer day...
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JPB
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 05:49 pm
CJ, I showed your pics to Mr B. He asked if the opposite (highest tides) is true for the summer solstice?
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CalamityJane
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Sun 23 Dec, 2007 06:02 pm
Yes it is JPB. The low tide coincides with the full moon being the
shortest day of the year, and therefore we have the highest tide
on these days. I think the full moon length is 14 solid hours which affects the tides.
Summer solstice has the same effect, yes, except it's the sun that shines
the longest.
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Noddy24
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Mon 24 Dec, 2007 03:58 am
Calamity Jane--
I'd never known about the connections between the solstice and the tides. Thank you.
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satt fs
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Wed 26 Dec, 2007 08:15 am
Someone but me might be able to explain why the spring tides around the times of solstices are stronger in California.
(Spring tides occur during the full moon [and the new moon] but do not have anything to do with the season Spring. Still the strength of the spring tides may depend on the position of the Sun on the celestial sphere.)
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CalamityJane
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Wed 26 Dec, 2007 05:15 pm
Satt, I am not sure, but I think it has to do with the south current of
the Pacific and also with the marine algae.
Here is a picture explaining the correlation between the tides and the solstice.
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ossobuco
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Wed 26 Dec, 2007 05:19 pm
OK, I'm going to pour some wine before I consider that further, CJ, but thanks, I'm learning about this too.
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satt fs
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Wed 26 Dec, 2007 05:26 pm
Thank you, CJ.
The figure explains completely the lower daytime high tide in the northern temperate zone in the case of the new moon [almost the same as the full moon as to the tidal mechanism] coinciding with the winter solstice.
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CalamityJane
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Wed 26 Dec, 2007 06:03 pm
Yes, I thought the figure showed it pretty well.
Here is another picture of a nice sea anemone, we saw at the tide pool
