WUWT reader David Summers sends this photo along taken a few days ago in 2007 in Australia from a colleague that “returned there for the summer”. I thought it might make a fun photo caption exercise.
Note: This photo as represented to me in email, was supposedly recent.
Thanks to alert WUWT reader “snow captain of queanbeyan” obviously now that is not the case. So much for trusting friendly emails from people. The photo was originally taken in 2007 and you can see the details here.
Still, as originally intended, feel free to make a fun photo caption.
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One more Caption:
I’m glad the planet is warming. I’d hate to see what would happen if it really got cold.
Ed Zuiderwijk (01:14:58) :
“Hold your kangaroo down, mate!
Yeti uncovered?
Do you know that country in the South, the one where the lemons grow?”
Yes indeed!! South Africa!
“I know it’s bloody cold Mate, but the Joey’s waxing ‘is snowboard in me pouch!”
” Fenced kangaroo showing clear signs of regrets over former human life as a prize-winning sensationalist freak “
Caption: ~snip~ Don’t insult our host. ~dbstealey, mod.
Ha ha, so pointing out an untruth (or has Watts merely ‘misspoken?’) is now viewed as an insult. OK.
Perish(er) the thought that there’d be snow in Australia though!
http://www.perisher.com.au/winter/snowreport/midstation.php
Chris S, I think perhaps you are reading way to much into it. This is a photo caption contest, for fun. Note the tag “fun stuff”.
– Anthony
[Name snipped], a prolific AGW troll on the highly regarded science website WUWT, ponders his recent banishment.
Note the “taken a few days ago”. Why don’t you correct that and say “taken in winter 2007 in the Snowy Mountains, so-called because …”
Why do you think they’re called the Snowy Mountains, Anthony?
REPLY: The great thing about WUWT is that it is self-correcting, and readers will let me know of an error. A commenter previous to you (a non angry one at that) has pointed it out and a correction has been made. But please by all means, be as upset about it as you wish. You greenies are so dour all the time, lighten up, enjoy life. – Anthony
It’s OK! Here comes Skippy with the space heater now!
“Flannery – I’m over here – only700 more km to walk to get to the coast to prove that the Coral Reef is dead because of AGW”
Caption: Pooh? Where are you, Pooh? Did you do this, Pooh?
Somehow, winning “Marsupial Idol” has lost its sheen!
Anthony,
the caption still implies that the photo was taken in summertime (“returned there for the summer”). As it was taken in June, that’s Australian winter, high in the mountains at an elevation of about 1350m / 4500 ft above sea level as Allan (23:48:08) reported.
REPLY: I know this, I’m not unaware. He was in the USA, when that “is” summer. I’m just passing on what was in the email, which was pun intended. This is why it is in quotes. Gosh who knew so many people could make such a fuss over a funny photo. What next, threats? 😉 – Anthony
dhogaza says:
Hmmm, we have conflicting info. One claims Captains Flat, the other:
I do not believe that Captain’s Flat is part of the Snowy Mountains. And I would not have called the Tinderry Mountains part of the Snowy Mountains as well. Both of those places are a little to the East and South of Canberra while what I would consider the Snowy Mountains are to the West of Canberra and further to the South (and closer to the Victorian border).
However, it is possible that others might disagree with me.
I find it highly surprising that snow fell in that area, but I imagine that old timers would be able to tell me of times when it has in the past as well.
The times are also conflicting. One claims June, just before the onset of Winter in Australia, the other claims November, well after Winter.
dhogaza says:
Another claim is:
However, there are conflicting locations and times claimed for that photo.
One claims that it is at Captains Flat, the other in the Tinderry Mountains. One claims June and a little before Winter starts in Australia, the other claims November, but both in 2007.
I would not consider either Captains Flat nor the Tinderry Mountains as part of the Snowy Mountains. They are both a little to the east of Canberra and a little south of Canberra.
I would consider the Snowy mountains to be further south and more to the west and near the Victorian border, but other Australians might disagree with me. I dunno.
I do think that it is unusual, and I have lived in Canberra and spent time backpacking both in Winter and Summer in the Snowy Mountains, but that was back in the ’70s and early ’80s.
Richard Sharpe,
I take these two entries as authoritative about location and time, emphasis added:
Allan (23:48:08) :
Allan (00:49:51) :
So the actual photographer specifies gives coordinates, the hearsay source claims the nearest town, 20 km away. The November date was given in error and announced as such. Hard to miss in this thread. Does this settle your confusion?
You could have saved yourself the effort, as I had pointed that out hours earlier already, including a link. Too bad you did not see it: bluegrue (16:55:31) 2009-05-12
Good that you and people who read all of the comments know this – Richard Sharpe still seems to be confused, though. How about those readers, who read the article only? How many know the nationalities of the persons involved? The only season mentioned unsuspecting readers see is “summer” in a lengthy quote. I do not think, many will get this as a “pun” indicator. Consider this an effort in QA.
I had a look at the link provided (02:20:07) and was astonished to see photos of my house that I had taken.
If you like please send a email and I am happy to send you the original photo’s with some more in the series.
I corrected my original mistake of date at 00:49:51.
Captains Flat is 27 km’s to the North East from where the photo was taken.
Fact still remains that we have received more snow in the Tinderries over the past two years than we had the proceeding decade.
cheers
bluegrue says:
My objection was to the claim that that photo was taken in the Snowy Mountains and that it was “high in the mountains” as if this, in some way, invalidates the obvious unusualness of the image.
Both of those claims are incorrect from my perspective.
The highest mountain in Australia is some 2,200/7300 feet high, and there are much higher ones in the state I currently live in.
Sure, it was taken in early winter, but it is still unusual from my perspective as someone who has lived there, and it serves as a useful antidote to the ridiculous AGW claims put about.
Bluegrue says:
Could you provide us with some links to your other valuable QA efforts?
Love to, but we don’t have your email address.
Forelorn Kangeroo in a Snow Storm: “It’s cold matey!”
Richard, my apologies but I had meant that offer to Anthony and the crew at WUWT.
It is up to Anthony if he would care to expand this string with more photo’s.
By the way, the object of all this interest is a Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) named more for its coloring than its politics.
cheers
Sure:
1) Regarding Monte Hieb’s
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
repeatedly cited by readers and part of the resource section, see my comments 1, 2, 3 detailing the lack of verifiable references for Hieb’s low value of “man-made contributions” to atmospheric CO2
2) Regarding Dr. Spencer’s original C13 analysis, in which he claims:
I have shown that this result is unrelated to the data used, see comments 4 (blue was my former moniker) and 5.
3) Regarding Andrew Barr’s 6th-order polynomial fit to the temperature record, see comment 6
I am as nerdy and psuedo-aspergers as they come and I GOT IT! Some people need to learn how to let go of their need to correct the funny papers.