wigton physics
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Pressure is falling
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This was the pressure this morning. You can see from the marker where it was a week ago. What I find odd is that outside the wea...
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Not quite the Sea of Tranquility...
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... but Tranquility on the sea in the marina. It reminded us of the Apollo 11 landings. The Mare Tranquilitatis was named in 16...
Monday, 18 November 2024
Looking for the Winter Hexagon
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I am trying to get reacquainted with the late autumn sky after the weeks of cloud cover. It took me a while to tell the differen...
Sunday, 17 November 2024
Nuffield Physics
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This old tractor in the Penrith Christmas Lights parade was a Nuffield ie one from the works of Lord Nuffield, William Morris. I...
Saturday, 16 November 2024
Kirkwall Power Station
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I am always interested in how islands are powered. It turns out that this power station is now a back up. It is worth 16MW total. It is o...
Friday, 15 November 2024
Clouds form over islands
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It was noticeable approaching Orkney, that in an otherwise cloudless sky, convection cumulus was forming over the islands. My guess is the...
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Up to 175kW
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I've been interested in how quickly you can charge an electric car. This station was claiming up to 175kW. I looked up electric car ba...
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