wigton physics

I spotted these clouds yesterday afternoon. Cirrus are very high - over 5km up in the atmosphere. It might be below -20 degrees Celsius u...

Zooniverse is a "Citizen Science" project that started life as Galaxy Zoo. A researcher at Oxford University realised that humans ...

There is a display of Christmas trees at Caldbeck church this weekend. I loved this Solar System design. What a brilliant idea! The st...

I spotted this feature outside a hotel in Windermere. Water trickles out of the top of the globe and down the sides. What made me stop ...

We climbed up Binsey in the dark. I was pleased that the long exposure on the camera was able to let in enough light to make any sort of p...

We enjoyed this at Whinlatter. It is an ancient type of water pump and such a wonderful technology. So how to do a thorough-going Phys...

We went to hear the amazing Ueli Steck at Kendal Mountain Festival. If you've not come across him, watch this: http://www.wimp.com/eig...