Comments on: Lovely, frigid ripples

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:02:31 +0000

@5. Gary, Colorado actually has only two seasons: winter and road construction.

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:58:21 +0000

Oh, and interesting how COLD it’s been lately when we’re supposed to have all this GLOBAL WARMING. Phtphftblt!

@#17: Oh, hi MTU. Didn’t see you there. Rats!!! Foiled again

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:54:37 +0000

Cool! And humid!
I’ve always found meteorology to be absolutely fascinating and I always find it sad that so many folks consider “talking about the weather” to be the last resort of forced small-talk. I could talk weather all damn day

@#9 Joseph: Hah! Great Josephs think alike

By: Bipedal Tetrapod

Bipedal Tetrapod — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:05:15 +0000

Oh, “Ripples.” I thought it was… never mind.

By: lnik

lnik — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:55:16 +0000

Really, Mr. Bad Astronomer? The “artistry” of our planet. What artist? I know, this was meant just as colorful anthropomorphism. But religious people will still read that and chuckle to themselves. Their hearts will be warmed by the thought that even the big Bad Astronomer deep inside believes the Earth has a creator, and he glories in His divine artistry.

By: davidlpf

davidlpf — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:37:25 +0000

Why is it when pictures of ice and snow are needed they go for my neck of the woods, oh yeah it is Canada.

By: Douglas Watts

Douglas Watts — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:05:30 +0000

Cindy is correct. Sebago Lake in southern Maine is not frozen and appears as a black spot on the photo. The reason is Sebago’s extreme depth (315 feet) and very high average depth (125′). Sebago Lake contains one trillion gallons of water, which take so long to cool in the winter that often the lake only partly freezes. Sebago is a glacial anomaly in the U.S. There’s no other large natural lake that even closely resembles it.

http://www.friendsofsebago.org

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:07:09 +0000

How many other people noticed that while the big lakes in NH (Winnepesauke and Squam), the Quabbin Reservoir in MA, and many big lakes in Maine are frozen, but Sebago Lake in Maine isn’t? It doesn’t surprise me that Champlain isn’t totally frozen.

By: marsjunkiegirl

marsjunkiegirl — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:31:29 +0000

@1, 19, and 20: Not to burst your bubble, but the state boundaries are probs an Arcmap layer.

By: Snowshoe the Canuck

Snowshoe the Canuck — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:48:33 +0000

“Did anyone else read the title at first glance at lovely frigid Nipples”

Glad I’m not the only one who misread that at first. For a moment, I thought I was at the wrong url.

@19. And they knew where the boundaries between the Canadian provinces would be, even before Her Majesty’s Colonial Office! Wow, those guys were good!