Musings on life and times
Not the year in review, but
images that etched lasting memories on
this septuagenarian evolving scientist’s active brain.
Here’s to a safe and happy 2020!
Keeping pace with Six Word Saturday
A day is spent cruising Fiordland.
Milford Sound is the best known of the fiords on New Zealand’s south west ‘corner’. It is accessible by road. Milford Sound is the wettest place in New Zealand, with mean annual rainfall of 6411 mm (252 inches)! Entering around 07:00 am, we were very fortunate!
Doubtful Sound is accessed by entering Thompson Sound, while later Dusky Sound is entered via Breaksea Sound and the Acheron Passage. These pristine waters are only accessible by sea or air.
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand, February 2019
Cruising along with Six Word Saturday
Of course, it is summer, after all. Thing is, though, there seems to be compounding evidence of global warming. Massive fish kills in rivers where there is no flow and blue-green algae take over. The state had four days of heatwave this week. New records were set in several towns, both maximum daytime (47C) and minimum overnight (35C).
In the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, the range yesterday was 30C on the coast (thanks to the sea breeze) to 45C in western suburbs. We peaked at 40C at 3:15pm.
Today, a blissful cool change has given relief, and the air-conditioner takes a rest.
Forecast is for another heatwave for next week!
Heating up with Six Word Saturday
