tiabunna

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Posted: 14 Sep 2016


Taken: 19 Oct 1968

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Macquarie Island 1968


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Panorama of Macquarie Island, looking south from North Head, 1968

Panorama of Macquarie Island, looking south from North Head, 1968
After several years of mixed intentions, I understand that there are now (2023) plans to rebuild the existing station.

Panorama stitched from three film slides, looking south across the station and isthmus toward the main part of the island. (It is about 35km long and 5km wide). Partly because the old Kodachrome film was low ISO, most photos were taken on sunny "Kodachrome" days - sadly that is not representative of the usual weather. Macquarie has about 350 days yearly on which it rains (or drizzles), it is usually overcast, and often foggy. Strong winds, usually from the west, are almost constant.

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 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Excellent.
Have a nice evening
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
A most interesting pano and what a short sighted decision by your government! That's so typically neo liberal- everything that doesn't bring immediate financial gain seems dispensable to them. Ah yes, the world is a disc and climate change is an invention of the left and the greens....
7 years ago.
 Polyrus
Polyrus has replied
Well said, Gudrun!
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club has replied
Thank you, Gudrun. The claim is that the old station needs replacement but that would be too expensive. There are no other mid-latitude meteorological monitoring sites in this part of the Southern Ocean. This is used for comprehensive met. observations, and measurements of atmospheric composition and ozone. But bean-counting is the main priority.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Thank you mixpix, Proxar, Lian, Buck, Roger, Annemarie, Neil, William, Malik, Gerard, June, and Zsuzsa. Enjoy yourselves and best wishes till next week.
7 years ago.

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