wigton physics

 I tied the wool around something heavy. The heavy object has been heavier than 500 grams because we'll be hanging 500 grams of water ...

I hung a spring from a clamp stand. I put ruler from the bottom of the loop on the spring across to a metre stick behind. I did this becaus...

Posting about the polarised sky the other day and about the scattering by oxygen and nitrogen causing the blue colour, I started thinking ab...

The last time there were so few aeroplanes in the sky over Wigton was when the volcanic ash cloud grounded flights in 2011. It was then tha...

It's been a great day for seeing a halo around the Sun. It started with this upper arc that was showing the full spectrum. Later there...

I filled the ice tray with water and weighed it. It came out at 159 grams.  Then I put it into the freezer overnight. When it came o...

Here's another lovely Super Moon photograph taken through a net curtain that I have been sent by our friend. When I did the maths on m...