The Meaning of Cloud Streets
On a flight back from Spain to the UK, we were treated to a great display of “cloud streets” over France. They form parallel to…
On a flight back from Spain to the UK, we were treated to a great display of “cloud streets” over France. They form parallel to…
Welcome Welcome to the first in a new nature’s clues and signs series. Over the coming months I will be heading out on a series…
Or… The Art of Staring at Blue Skies This video is a time lapse of a couple of hours of looking out over the western…
How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop The weather changes as we walk around a tree or turn…
The tops of trees or other fixed objects in the middle distance make it easier to gauge the effect of the wind on clouds or…
Two questions today. I took this picture yesterday. Which direction are we looking? And a tougher one: what sign is there in this picture that…
The coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) does something that very few trees do. It leans into wind. Most trees have trunks that will bend away…
And how can they help me find my way in the woods? Both ‘windthrow’ and ‘windsnap’ are names given by foresters to trees that have…
Here is the third in the short series of short animations. Hope you enjoy! If you missed the Water one, you can find that on…
I have written in the past about the basics of using the weather to navigate. Here I’d like to offer a couple of tips to…
I recently did a podcast interview with Mason Gravley of the Adventure Sports Podcast in the US. (Interview begins about 5.40 mins in.) There are…
The following article by Tristan Gooley was published in Navigation News in March 2010. My research to date has failed to uncover another soul who…