BAJO LAS NUBES ► Storm Cell Over the Southern Appalachian Mountains

Storm Cell Over the Southern Appalachian Mountains







This storm cell photo was taken from NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft during a study aimed at gaining a better understanding of precipitation over mountainous terrain. The Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment, or IPHEx, field campaign is part of the ground validation effort for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. GPM's Core Observatory launched Feb. 27, 2014, to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. But to get accurate measurements from space, scientists have to understand what is happening on the ground. For the six-week IPHEx field campaign over the southern Appalachian mountains, the NASA team and their partners at Duke University and NOAA's Hydrometeorological Test Bed set up ground stations with rain gauges and ground radar throughout western North Carolina. In addition to the ground sites, they also collected data sets from satellites and two aircraft. The NASA ER-2 aircraft that deployed to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia, was able to fly when rain was in the air. The ER-2's cruising altitude of 65,000 feet kept it well above the storm systems it was observing, allowing it to act as a proxy-satellite. The aircraft carried a suite of instruments, including three that took measurements similar to those taken by GPM's Core Observatory. > Read more > Earth Right Now Image Credit: NASA / Stu Broce



el dispensador dice:

bajo las nubes,

tus nubes,

tus nieblas,

tus brumas,

tus tinieblas,

tus luces,

tus estrellas,

aquellas con las que sueñas...


bajo las nubes,

tus huellas,

tus sombras,

tus sendas, 

tus desfiladeros,

tus laberintos,

tus esperanzas,

tus esperas,

tus esfuerzos,

tus voluntades... que sellan...


bajo las nubes,

la Tierra,

tu suelo,

tu tierra,

la comarca que te aguarda,

mientras transitas tu esfera,

mientras crees que vives,

según el mañana que te diseñas...


bajo las nubes,

otros espíritus te aguardan,

mientras tus circunstancias... esperan...

¿apruebas?,

¿no apruebas?,

si no estás a la altura de la cima hacia la cual escalas,

regresarás tantas veces,

como haga falta...

hasta que comprendas el significado que implica... el nacer bajo una gracia.

JUNIO 19, 2014.-