Summer Windows
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Summer Windows
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Unusual and bright, it is relaxing to walk around Granville Island BC and take in the sights and the delightful and different products for purchase. and has a longer life in off seasons to make one feel as if in spring....In spring, the axis of the Earth is increasing its tilt relative to the Sun, and the length of daylight rapidly increases for the relevant hemisphere. The hemisphere begins to warm significantly causing new plant growth to "spring forth," giving the season its name. Snow, if a normal part of winter, begins to melt, and streams swell with runoff. Frosts, if a normal part of winter, become less severe. In climates that have no snow and rare frosts, the air and ground temperatures increase more rapidly. Many flowering plants bloom this time of year, in a long succession sometimes beginning when snow is still on the ground, continuing into early summer. In normally snowless areas "spring" may begin as early as February (Northern Hemisphere) heralded by the blooming of deciduous magnolias, cherries and quince, or August (Southern Hemisphere) in the same way. Many temperate areas have a dry spring, and wet autumn (fall), which brings about flowering in this season more consistent with the need for water as well as warmth. Subarctic areas may not experience "spring" at all until May or even June.
While spring is a result of the warmth caused by the changing orientation of the Earth's axis relative to the Sun, the weather in many parts of the world is overlain by events which appear very erratic taken on a year-to-year basis. The rainfall in spring (or any season) follows trends more related to longer cycles or events created by ocean currents and ocean temperatures. Good and well-researched examples are the El Ni�o effect and the Southern Oscillation Index.
Unstable weather may more often occur during spring, when warm air begins on occasions to invade from lower latitudes, while cold air is still pushing on occasions from the Polar regions. Flooding is also most common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year because of snowmelt, accelerated by warm rains. In the United States, Tornado Alley is most active this time of year, especially since the Rocky Mountains prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading eastward and instead force them into direct conflict. Besides tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms can also produce dangerously large hail and very high winds, for which a severe thunderstorm warning or tornado warning is usually issued. Even more so than in winter, the jet streams play an important role in unstable and severe weather in the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere.
In recent decades season creep has been observed, which means that many phenological signs of spring are occurring earlier in many regions by a couple of days per decade.
Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born. The term is also used more generally as a metaphor for the start of better times, as in the Prague Spring. Spring in the Southern Hemisphere is different in several significant ways to that of the Northern Hemisphere. This is because: there is no land bridge between Southern Hemisphere countries and the Antarctic zone capable of bringing in cold air without the temperature-mitigating effects of extensive tracts of water; the vastly greater amount of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere at all latitudes; at this time in Earth's geologic history the Earth has an orbit which brings it in closer to the Southern Hemisphere for its warmer seasons; there is a circumpolar flow of air (the roaring 40s and 50s) uninterrupted by large land masses; no equivalent jet streams; and the peculiarities of the reversing ocean currents in the Pacific.
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March 22nd, 2014
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Comments (38)
Brooks Garten Hauschild
Kathy, please upload this beautiful image to our 'A Woman's Touch' group...and also share it in our 'June is Bustin' Out All Over' thread. Fvl. Thanks for entering my 'Colorful Windows' contest.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations on your fabulous photographic art is featured in Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit! ! LF
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Kathy Bassett
I am so HAPPY you chose Summer Windows as a feature for your OH HAPPY DAY group, Jacqueline! :))))))))))))))))))
Jacqueline Athmann
OH HAPPY Day!!! This photo makes me feel happy! So happy that it's been featured on the Oh Happy Day group homepage. Thank you for growing my smile today! F/L/T
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Summer Windows in your group Out Of The Ordinary, Lyric!!
Kathy Bassett
Randy, as always a gracious host - thank you for the feature and compliments for Summer Windows!
Randy Rosenberger
Love the beauty of this piece and the quality and care that went into its composition! It is my pleasure to PROMOTE this piece of beauty on our FEATURED ARTWORK section of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. Thanks for sharing! Liked & faved Forever, Elvis
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Nadine and Bob!! for the feature of Summer Windows in your 1 Good Photo Per WEEK!!:))