Fresh winter snow blankets Chicago in this satellite image. Over on Lake Michigan, ice dots the coastline out to about 20 kilometers from shore. Darker regions near land mark thinner Keep reading
Tag: wind
Derecho-Induced Skyscraper Damage
Derechos are short-lived, intense wind storms sometimes associated with thunderstorms. Last spring, such a storm passed through Houston, leaving downtown skyscrapers with more damage than a hurricane with comparable wind Keep reading
Wind Sculptures
Vibrantly colored fabrics move in the breeze in artist Thomas Jackson’s outdoor installations. During the golden hours, he captures that movement in photographs like these. Jackson uses tulle, silk, and Keep reading
Seeking Rogue Wave Origins
Rogue waves — rare waves much larger than any surrounding waves — have long been a part of sailors’ tales, but their existence has only been confirmed relatively recently. The Keep reading
“Animaris Rex”
Eighteen meters long and powered only by the wind, artist Theo Jansen’s latest Strandbeest strolls the sand in this short video. Its complex movements — a swinging gait in some Keep reading
Scooting Droplets
As a child, I always loved watching rain on the windows as I rode in the car. Hemispherical droplets got stretched by the wind flowing over them. But they never Keep reading
Martian Flyover
Fly over a Martian crater in this incredibly detailed 8K video built from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery. Like Earth’s deserts, Mars is largely shaped by wind, and we get some Keep reading
Raindrops on the Windshield
When I was a child, I was fascinated by the raindrops that shimmied along the windshield of our car. Some would slide up the glass. Some would run down. And Keep reading
Strandbeest Evolution
Each spring, artist Theo Jansen releases his latest batch of wind-driven kinetic sculptures — known as Strandbeests — on a Dutch beach. This video compilation shows some of the newest Keep reading
Explaining the Roaming Rocks
For nearly a century, the long meandering tracks etched into Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa remained a mystery. Clearly, some force was pushing the heavy rocks there and leaving behind these Keep reading