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  • Why People Go South In Winter

    • 30 Jan 2012
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    • Film Shorts January 30 2012 Winter humor
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    Why People Go South In Winter...
    click on the snowman to see why:
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  • Counting by the Winters

    • 31 Oct 2011
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    • 30October11 Historical Native American Pictorial Winter art
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    Winter Count Robe detail via the website of Douglas Stebila

    Counting by Winters

    Winter counts are histories or calendars in which events are recorded by pictures, with one picture for each year.

    The Lakota call them waniyetu wowapi.

    Waniyetu is the word for year, which is measured from first snowfall to first snowfall. It is often translated as 'a winter.'

    Wowapi means anything that is marked on a flat surface and can be read or counted, such as a book, a letter, or a drawing. 

    Winter counts are physical records that were used in conjunction with a more extensive oral history. Each year was named for an event and the pictures referring to the year names served as a reference source that could be consulted regarding the order of the years. People knew the name of the year in which other important events occurred, and could place these in time by referring to the winter count. 
      via Lakota Winter Counts Online Exhibit  

     

     

     

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  • Grand Teton and Wild Flowers, Wyoming

    • 16 Oct 2011
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    • 15October11 Flora Mountains Spring Winter Wyoming
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    Dreaming now of a colorful Spring, as Winter begins its thrall...
    via wallpapers.bassq.nl

     

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  • Frozen Bubbles

    • 30 Jul 2011
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    • 29July11 Bubbles Lakes Winter photography
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    Photo and caption by Emmanuel Coupe

    "This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters."

    via travel.nationalgeographic.com

     

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  • Need to Chill ? Iceland in Winter

    • 27 Jul 2011
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    • 26July11 Film Shorts Iceland Winter meditation
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    by Eva Sturm
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  • The Webs of Winter Frost

    • 15 Mar 2011
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    • 15Mar11 Frost Spiders Winter nature photography
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  • Hellebore: A Winter Beauty

    • 10 Mar 2011
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    • 10Mar11 Flora Winter
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    "Hellebores are mere beauty in Winter when the gardens have few flowers.

    There are many species of hellebore. The plant originates from various countries of Europe and the Middle-East. Most are hardy and appreciated for their early bloom when the garden still has few flowers.

    The superb flowers are either white, greenish, pink, purple dotted with brown or almost black. They are really decorative and create a surprising atmosphere. All of them are poisonous."

    via scienceray.com

     

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  • Wyoming Wind Huffs and Puffs, Blows Down a Wind Turbine Tower !

    • 5 Feb 2011
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    • 05Feb11 Alternate Energy Failure Technology Wind Winter Wyoming
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    Arlington, WY – avg annual wind speed of 31 mph, gusts above 110 mph. 

    Seems like a great place for a wind turbine ….right? 

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    Photos from Feb 1, 2011 as the cold air mass that formed Snowzilla barreled through.
    The wind chill in the area from yesterday was extreme, -54F !! 

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     John Beasley WYDOT/OWL

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  • Master Of Black And White Winter

    • 29 Jan 2011
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    • 29Jan11 Russia Winter art
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    Guram Dolenjashvili (Georgian: გურამ დოლენჯაშვილი; Russian: Гурам Доленджашвили

    via englishrussia.com

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  • National Geographic Cold Snaps...

    • 22 Jan 2011
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    • 22Jan11 Winter photography
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    via thewondrous.com

     

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