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Nice pics there! Looks like some folks around Duluth are growing tired of wintry weather.
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Greenery has taken over in my local forest:
I'm surprised to see that it's that green out of town. Not quite there around Paris from what I've seen, probably due to the different tree species. Lots of oaks over here.
Thank you Joe. Yes, those palms are right on the beach in a bathing establishment and they always get humid and salty winds from the sea. There are hundreds of Phoenix, Washingtonias and Chamaerops on our beaches.
Do you get frequent strong winds off the sea there? I haven't seen the look in Phoenix palms before. Even in trees right by the water.
Washingtonias have started to be planted in the last 10 years or so, and are quick growers. I've never seen a Chamaerops here.
Nice pics there! Looks like some folks around Duluth are growing tired of wintry weather.
I'm surprised to see that it's that green out of town. Not quite there around Paris from what I've seen, probably due to the different tree species. Lots of oaks over here.
Do you get frequent strong winds off the sea there? I haven't seen the look in Phoenix palms before. Even in trees right by the water.
Not so frequently, but occasionally there are powerful storms in autumn and winter, with strong bora wind gusts and storm surges.
However, many plants grown on the beach look different than the other ones in the city, as they grow in constantly very humid and salty air. Our common beach plants (yucca, agave, pittosporum, ice plants, indian figs)... even desertic plants and cactus, look a bit "roasted" by the combination of salt, sand and wind, and strong sunshine and heat during the summer.
Not so frequently, but occasionally there are powerful storms in autumn and winter, with strong bora wind gusts and storm surges.
However, many plants grown on the beach look a different than the other ones in the city: our common beach plants (yucca, agave, pittosporum, ice plants, indian figs)... even desertic plants and cactus look a bit "roasted" by the combination of salt, sand and wind, and strong sunshine during the summer.
Okay, that's interesting.
That reinforces my view, that despite being right by the sea, that the coastal climate here is very benign.
The "roasted" look is nearly non existent here, but is more common the further south one goes.
Location: Segovia, central Spain, 1230 m asl, Csb Mediterranean with strong continental influence, 40º43 N
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Beautiful mostly sunny spring days as today makes my town like this:
My weather station:
Looking northwest we can see a plane and those pine trees, which are an endemic Iberian subspecie of Pynus Silvestrys. They are the most prevailing tree over here, so we have huge forests of it around my town:
Looking eastwards there is the neigbourgh's wallnut tree. Those trees don't grow wild here, but in the far north-norhtwest of Spain:
Walking around:
Huge pine forest over the mountains. Its summit reaches 1905 m asl, while my town is about 1200-1240 m asl:
Looking southeast, Madrid is about 60 km away beyond these mountains. In fact, its skyline can be seen from that summit point. Spruce trees are everywhere in gardens, but they don't grow wild here. They only grow in the central Pyrenees mountains into the Iberian peninsula:
Roundabouts are everywhere over here, they can be seen even in small streets:
Looking southwest:
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I think I'd go crazy if I lived in such as mall town! But nice pictures regardless.
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