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Readers have been watching the Nenana Ice Cam via a post here on WUWT this weekend, waiting to see if a new record will be set for the latest ice-out ever. WUWT reader Geoff Shorten in South Africa has been watching and noted that there seems to be a transient lunar effect observed in the camera photos.
Watch the latest here: Nenana Ice Classic – closing in on all time record latest ice-out
UPDATE: see the timelapse video here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/05/20/timelapse-video-of-nenana-ice-classic-breakup-2013/
In a sense the new record is already set. More time has passed since venereal (spring) equinox this year than in 1964 until breakup.
Yep, it’s still friggin’ cold at the Anus Mundi, isn’t it…?
I’ll remember it as ” Moon River “
@Peter Berenyi:
Latest break-up after venereal equinox evah? Clap clap 😉
Would the climate sesitivity on that new moon be in the extreme range?
Sorry, it was more transient than I thought. It should be here:
http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r707/ColoradoWellington/CAGW/NenanaIceClassicWebcam20130520_zps2d7db38f.jpg
I think we should be looking for 12:41 pm AKDT. “The Nenana Ice Classic does not change to Daylight Savings Time. All times are Alaska Standard Time”
Might be Mann, tired to be the butt of hockey stick jokes and coining his own.
Since you have us all hooked, might I suggest a new Reference Page for the Nenana Ice Classic?
Watch for men in camouflage sneaking out to push the tripod over!! These will be the temperature adjuster-homogenizers fixing the Nenana record.
He couldn’t wait to be up at the crack of dawn, it seems.
As the only record that matters is the log of the Nenana Ice Classic, I guess we have a little less than two hours for a new record.
I always heard, When it’s spring, the saps are gonna rise.” But I stand corrected.
I see the “man’s best friend moon” too…
Then technically, one of the two is a blue moon.
It cracks me up.
OT. Online opinion poll.
To see it, you hav eto cliks on the down arrows of “Question du jour” (question of the day)
Question = “do you believe man is responsible for the upheaval of the climate?”. Feel free, and also, please spread & share as you see fit.
http://www.france5.fr/c-dans-l-air/environnement/co2-pic-historique-mondial-atteint-38940
Is that a full Moon I see before me?
Ice-out when the vertical smile turns horizontal.
The water is melt on the ice. It’s obviously not flowing, no ripples, nothing. If you look carefully you can see the sharp and crisp reflected image of the trees in the distance.
Let’s hope ‘when that foghorn blows’ it sounds as good as Van Morrison.
Getting close…
A crowd is starting to gather as seen by the Ice Cam image…
Was stationed in Alaska (twice,…by choice).
That’s a nice roadside shop, gas station, bar, trading post, etc where they conduct the Ice Classic.
There was another inn about halfway between Nenana and Fairbanks though that is more “infamous” that was owned by a very thin man named Richard…I’ll let you guess the name.
See, I told you Al Gores dirty climate thugs were in town..
One more hour.
I like this. Nice staightforward empirical data.