d ~ 174'950'400 km: day 68
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Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey explores the relationship between the Earth's orbit and the weather. Previously '23 Degrees' (working title); on this blog the weather community were invited to discuss their experiences of severe weather as and when events developed and share their iwitness footage throughout 2011. The audience were provided with an insight to the making of the series and exclusive behind the scenes footage. Follow us on Twitter.
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At 18:57 23rd Mar 2011, skyman24 wrote:When is the series scheduled to be shown?
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At 18:32 24th Mar 2011, Aira Idris wrote:Hi skyman24
The series will be shown in 2012 and we are filming for the entire year marking the pivotal moments. It's a long road ahead but on this blog we encourage everyone to get involved as we can't be everywhere at one time and wouldn't want to miss out on great moments
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At 20:57 8th Apr 2011, Graham P Davis wrote:The first time I came across the word "whiteout" was getting on for sixty years ago when I was a child and reading about the Antarctic. I read that it occurs when light reflects off the snow onto a low cloud base so that snow and cloud are the same colour and brightness so the horizon cannot be distinguished and snow-covered objects become invisible. It had nothing at all to do with falling snow or poor visibility due to fog. A description I heard a year a two ago was that it was like being in the inside of a table-tennis ball - whatever direction you looked was just white.
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