Winters Silence
by Kay Novy
Title
Winters Silence
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography,digitally Enhanced
Description
Honored by (Pixels All Stars) group to be chosen as a SPECIAL FEATURE for weekly theme "Let It Snow"!
A Wisconsin winter landscape, showing freshly fallen snow on a wonderful wooded area with a beautiful home.
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Winter (/ˈwɪntər/ win-tər) is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.
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The tilt of the Earth's axis relative to its orbital plane plays a big role in the weather. The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.44 to the plane of its orbit, and this causes different latitudes on the Earth to directly face the Sun as the Earth moves through its orbit. It is this variation that primarily brings about the seasons. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere faces the Sun more directly and thus experiences warmer temperatures than the Northern Hemisphere. Conversely, winter in the Southern Hemisphere occurs when the Northern hemisphere is tilted more toward the Sun. From the perspective of an observer on the Earth, the winter Sun has a lower maximum altitude in the sky than the summer Sun.
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During winter in either hemisphere, the lower altitude of the Sun in winter causes the sunlight to hit that hemisphere at an oblique angle. In regions experiencing winter, the same amount of solar radiation is spread out over a larger area. This effect is compounded by the larger distance that the light must travel through the atmosphere, allowing the atmosphere to dissipate more heat. Compared with these effects, the changes in the distance of the earth from the sun are negligible.
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February 13th, 2013
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Comments (189)
Sandra Huston
Beautiful winter landscape Kay, added my vote for you in The Beauty of Winter Contest. fav
Joyce Dickens
A truly wonderful and inspiring winter scene dear Kay; winter is just around the corner :-))
Kay Novy
Michelle, (I just looked at your homepage! Wow! Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!). And best of all welcome back!
Karen Beasley
Love this! The home seems like a cozy and warm spot nestled into this winter landscape. LF
Kay Novy
Johanna, "Over 2000 Views" group, honored to be featured on your homepage, will tweet the group!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever With You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “February 2018 Stunning Group Featured Art Work” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Pinterest page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan
Kay Novy replied:
Thanks so very much, Jan! Honored to be featured for the week in "Art Forever With You" group!