Most of the world is reeling under extreme summer temperatures \u2013 and in Antartica the temperature reached a new low! So low that it created a cloud cover that requires temperatures below -80 Celsius! The measured temp was -87 C and winds of upto 230 KM\/hr!!<\/p>\n
Something about the weather is not quite right\u2026 as a layman.. I cannot say what though.. but something is amiss! I hope we can tackle the coming catastrophes if any!!<\/p>\n
\nSome of the coldest temperatures on Earth have fostered a rare cloud formation over Australia\u2019s Mawson station in Antarctica, scientists said on Tuesday. Meteorological officer Renae Baker captured spectacular images of the nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds, on July 25.<\/p>\n
The clouds only occur at high polar latitudes in winter, requiring temperatures less than approximately minus 80 Celsius.<\/p>\n
A weather balloon measured temperatures down to minus 87 Celsius on the day the photos were taken. \u201cAmazingly, the winds at this height were blowing at nearly 230 kilometres per hour,\u201d Baker said on the Australian government\u2019s Antarctic division\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
Reflecting like an airborne mother-of-pearl shell, the cloud colours are produced when fading light at sunset passes through water-ice crystals blown along a strong jet of stratospheric air more than 10 kilometres above the ground.<\/p>\n
Australian Antarctic Division atmospheric scientist Andrew Klekociuk said the clouds were seldom seen but could have long-ranging effects. \u201cThese clouds are more than just a curiosity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey reveal extreme conditions in the atmosphere and promote chemical changes that lead to destruction of vital stratospheric ozone.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Something about the weather is not quite right… as a layman.. I cannot say what though.. but something is amiss! I hope we can tackle the coming catastrophes if any!!<\/p>\n
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