Some more #FrozenBubble images from Friday morning. #Photography #FrozenBubble s #IceBubbles #FrozenBubble Photography #Lilac #Flowers #Bubble #StormHour

A perfect calm night last night here in Shetland, some great reflections on the loch and added bonus of the Mirrie Dancers again.

22mm over here in the Ancholme valley at Bishopbridge. Big difference only about 9 miles apart as the crow flies. 😮

Most of the responses are astounding. People incredibly cavalier with our vital energy supply, keen to scrap what we know works while proposing stuff that doesn’t — or doesn’t even exist. If these people ever had their way we’d be on our knees in days, even hours.

The Mirrie Dancers put on a great show last night, beating the twilight.

Despite a slight ground #Frost today the air temperature just wasn't quite cold enough for anything in the garden. Managed to get a decent partial freeze on the back lid of the pick up though. #FrozenBubbles #IceBubbles #FrozenBubblePhotography

Picked out another good #FrozenBubble image from this morning. Enjoy. 🤩 #StormHour #FrozenBubble s #IceBubbles #FrozenBubble Photography #Photography #Lilac #Flowers

#StormHour looks like there was some rotation west of Scunthorpe this afternoon

Sony Cyber-shot 2.1 megapixel

A touch of #Frost this morning. A #FrozenBubble on #Lilac #Flowers once again. It could well be the last one till late Autumn now. 🤩 #StormHour #FrozenBubble s #IceBubbles #FrozenBubble Photography #Photography

Went looking back through some old images this evening and dug this one out of West Burton I haven't posted before.

I've seen quite a few #Aurora this day a year ago tweets in my timeline today. So here is my contribution. Enjoy!

Incredible #sunset #Mammatus clouds here in Blair, Texas right now on the back of a severe thunderstorm! #txwx #SevereWeather 😍

“I’m going to miss those towers when they’re gone. So many of us will. To me, they look like home.”

The Observer on the impending closure of the UK's last coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, and the 'End of the first Industrial Revolution'.
C20's campaign continues...

James Watson CEng, FIET The Guardian The Observer Maintained by engineers who were, and are proud of what they did. And we went upon the roof.

James Watson CEng, FIET The Guardian The Observer Put that in your pipe and smoke it, better than any windmill or solar wotsit. Built by engineers, not call centres. Never mind the valves which maintain the 50 Hz (4).

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Great story here on Ratters. (The Guardian The Observer the industry began in 1881 in Godalming. Before the Holborn Viaduct scheme- this is the 143rd year of public electricity supply in Britain 🇬🇧)

Worth a read about the jewel in the CEGB’s coal crown 👑

Short time lapse and image of the Aurora Borealis last night #Auroraborealis #Bamburgh

Not the best picture, but just caught the tail end of the short duration outburst before 11pm with some faint red over the village. James Rowley-Hill MetJam

Roll on nightfall... Let's hope this holds for a little while yet, be on watch from dusk 👀👀💃💃💃