Weather matters

Strange day, in terms of weather. The skies of West Cork were filled with rainbows, amidst blinding sunshine and brooding clouds. Despite mild temperatures, a freak hail shower left Bandon looking like the gods had emptied out hundreds of bean bags over the town.

Speaking of the gods and kooky weather, an undergrad Stanford lecture series on The Aeneid is all iTuned up, over here. And while we're on the subject, I'm reminded of a tweet from Jonathan Carroll the other day, about the weather in Vienna, I guess:

"In the snowstorm, watching a little boy touching snowflakes to his chest like he was trying to put out little fires there."

Great image. And speaking of that, NASA's picture of the day yesterday was a treat:


These wacky light pillars (over Latvia) are apparently caused by ice crystals falling over bright lights. There are a few more images over here.

Any now, dusk is falling :-)