The Sound of Fog Drip
What is fog drip? When we see fog, the air is saturated, there is more water than it can hold. This forms droplets which gather…
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A Small, Challenging Natural Navigation Exercise in Fog
Yesterday the conditions were perfect for a short tricky natural navigation exercise in fog. Here are some of the photos from that challenge. These were taken…
What is Radiation Fog?
We are used to feeling the warmth from the sun on our faces. Heat radiates millions of miles across space, through our atmosphere to warm…
Naturally Navigating Dartmoor Part II
Naturally Navigating Dartmoor Part II Close to the Wind By Tristan Gooley (An edited version of the following article by Tristan Gooley was originally published…
Fountain Rainbow
If you look closely at the partial rainbow created between the fountain and Chinese Pagoda in Victoria Park, London, you might notice that there is…
Navigating by Windswept Grasses
It was great to be out there on Harting Downs again, in the mist, navigating by the feel of the wind and angles of the…
The Difference Between Mist and Fog
I recently took the opportunity to do a little natural navigation exercise on Dartmoor. There was heavy rain and plenty of mist and fog. I’ll…
Jamaica Inn
After giving a talk to a lovely audience at the Poly in Falmouth last week, I stopped at that famous haunt of smugglers, Jamaica Inn,…
Sensing Lots When We Can See Little
Could this photograph of distant trees be the worst one I have taken this year? Maybe not. When the fog descends there is a great…