A thread earlier this week, started by JPG, prompted me go to the MODIS
site to look at today's image - given the clear skies over most places.
I downloaded the 11.20Z Terra 500m resolution image and cropped/enhanced
again.
It came from this larger image:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...12500.500m.jpg

which is about 2.5MB

I've uploaded the cropped and enhanced version and it is just over 900KB in
size, so about 3-4 minutes on a 56k modem.

http://www.mikett.plus.com/Terra-16-...00m-11-20Z.jpg

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.


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"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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A thread earlier this week, started by JPG, prompted me go to the MODIS
site to look at today's image - given the clear skies over most places.
I downloaded the 11.20Z Terra 500m resolution image and cropped/enhanced
again.
It came from this larger image:


http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...12500.500m.jpg


Are you southern guys living in a desert or something?
The contrast is quite remarkable.

Col - From the green and pleasant land of NW England.
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

I just watched the local weather (Anglia Weather), they commented on just
how dry it had been. Bedford for example had just 14% of the average
rainfall expected for August/September?October. Im near Whittlesey, Cambs
and the last time I remember any substantial rainfall was July 28th.

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message:

I downloaded the 11.20Z Terra 500m resolution image and cropped/enhanced
I've uploaded the cropped and enhanced version and it is just over 900KB
in
size, so about 3-4 minutes on a 56k modem.

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.

Mike

Mike

I see Orkney and Shetland have been annexed!

Karl, Orkney

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message:

I downloaded the 11.20Z Terra 500m resolution image and cropped/enhanced
I've uploaded the cropped and enhanced version and it is just over 900KB
in
size, so about 3-4 minutes on a 56k modem.

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.

Mike

Mike

I see Orkney and Shetland have been annexed!

Karl, Orkney

"
Are you southern guys living in a desert or something?
The contrast is quite remarkable.

Col - From the green and pleasant land of NW England.
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

An amazing image, and with 20.3 mm of rain since the start of August
here the colour is not surprising.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:11:31 +0100, Karl Cooper in
wrote:

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.

Mike

Mike

I see Orkney and Shetland have been annexed!

LOL - not by me Karl, but by the satellite. In fact when working with the
raw image it is hard to make out *any* land, but this is the bit I missed
at top of the image. Shetland will be on a slightly later image.

http://www.mikett.plus.com/for-Karl.jpg
:-)
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Many thanks for that Mike.

Karl, Orkney

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:32:09 +0100, Mike Tullett
wrote:

A thread earlier this week, started by JPG, prompted me go to the MODIS
site to look at today's image - given the clear skies over most places.
I downloaded the 11.20Z Terra 500m resolution image and cropped/enhanced
again.
It came from this larger image:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...12500.500m.jpg

which is about 2.5MB

I've uploaded the cropped and enhanced version and it is just over 900KB in
size, so about 3-4 minutes on a 56k modem.

http://www.mikett.plus.com/Terra-16-...00m-11-20Z.jpg

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.


Thanks Mike - I apologise for seemingly appearing unobservant and repeating your
thread later on (Volcano in Wales) but it seems that the ntl newserver I am
using is playing up and missing half the posts to usw.

I don't know if you have the same problem. I am using text.news.ntlworld.com
and the Wx Cat thread about the quiz, for example, hardly appears on ntl. I use
news.individual.net at work and I can clearly see how many posts ntl is
dropping.

JPG

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:43:54 +0100, JPG in
wrote:

http://www.mikett.plus.com/Terra-16-...00m-11-20Z.jpg

Yet again, the contrast in land colour between eastern counties and the
rest is clear to see. There is also some fascinating detail in the high
cloud over the English Channel and nearby areas.

Thanks Mike - I apologise for seemingly appearing unobservant and repeating your
thread later on (Volcano in Wales) but it seems that the ntl newserver I am
using is playing up and missing half the posts to usw.

Absolutely no need for apologies, JPG. I think we all know just how
unreliable some news servers are and NTL (which I sometimes use) has its
bad days quite often. In fact most IPSs are criticised by their users
about missing posts.

I don't know if you have the same problem. I am using text.news.ntlworld.com
and the Wx Cat thread about the quiz, for example, hardly appears on ntl. I use
news.individual.net at work and I can clearly see how many posts ntl is
dropping.

Have you thought of using the German server at home as well? Your username
and password would still work with it. In fact, I'd recommend as many here
as possible use the German server, as on balance it does seem the best
available.
Those who would like to use it need to register here and a
username/password will be emailed to you.

http://www.news.individual.net/

There you will see the registration option. The main requirement is you
use a valid email address in "postings", even if it is only .
You'd clearly have to use a real one for registration purposes.

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