The Weather Today in Antarctica

Hydrogen Weather Balloon Release

at 6.15am each morning

(Photograph by David (Horse) Barringhaus

I'm not going to give you a lesson in meterology here as everyone knows that the meterology department just throws darts at a board and takes a punt on what the weather is going to do anyway, just like the rest of us. Well, not really. Its such a complex subject and I won't pretend I know anything about it, except that the people who work down here on the subject are up bloody early and work until late at night. The weather forcasting down here is shared with air and sea users all over the place, not just on Mainland Antarctica. The hydrogen ballons track all the temps and air pressures and wind and is tracked by GPS.

Anyway, I don't get up to monitor the weather,rather the spectacular results on our horizons now that we are getting twilight hours.

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The Ballon Release images were taken with:

Camera: Canon 5D Mk11
Lens: Sigma 24 -70mm
Focal Length: 45mm
F Stop: f 3.5

Shutter Speed: 1/640

ISO:200

Exposure Bias:0

Image Storage: RAW only