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Not familiar with trees used for landscaping in Australia, but my first guess was camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora). Could just as easily be something I've never heard of, though.
Not familiar with trees used for landscaping in Australia, but my first guess was camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora). Could just as easily be something I've never heard of, though.
Thanks!
And nah, you're right. Read in Wikipedia that they were introduced in Australia in the 1800s. So it's very much likely that they are camphor trees.
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Then the thread title and description should be changed. To have a single thread discussing "all things that relate to weather" is a forum-killer.
If it weren't for this thread, I wouldn't have known the answer to the above this conveniently.
The only problem I have with this thread is that it sounds too much like the General Chat Thread (Weather Chat Thread sounds like a chat thread for Weather forum regulars) perhaps change the name of the thread to "Meteorology Chat Thread"? Or something similar to that.
Haha am reading up on the South Pole's sun angles. It's amazing how it can be:
* Midnight sun on Mar 22 in spite of a 0.4 degree solar noon angle.
* Polar night on Mar 23 in spite of civil twilight until Apr 4 when the solar noon angle is -5.6 degrees (!)
* Midnight sun again on Sep 22 in spite of a 0.1 degree solar noon angle
* Now approaching the summer solstice it'll peak at 23.5 degrees sun angle, something 58N does something akin to 13 Oct!
* Rome and Chicago at 41 N have higher sun angles at winter solstice than the South Pole has at summer solstice!
The only problem I have with this thread is that it sounds too much like the General Chat Thread (Weather Chat Thread sounds like a chat thread for Weather forum regulars) perhaps change the name of the thread to "Meteorology Chat Thread"? Or something similar to that.
Yeah, I can see the similarities too. I wouldn't mind if the title is changed to something like that. Perhaps the admin can do this?
Haha am reading up on the South Pole's sun angles. It's amazing how it can be:
* Midnight sun on Mar 22 in spite of a 0.4 degree solar noon angle.
* Polar night on Mar 23 in spite of civil twilight until Apr 4 when the solar noon angle is -5.6 degrees (!)
* Midnight sun again on Sep 22 in spite of a 0.1 degree solar noon angle
* Now approaching the summer solstice it'll peak at 23.5 degrees sun angle, something 58N does something akin to 13 Oct!
* Rome and Chicago at 41 N have higher sun angles at winter solstice than the South Pole has at summer solstice!
Stunning planet this.
Isn't that justified though, considering that the South Pole is at, well, the south pole?
Which is more likely to grow palm trees, Macquarie Islands or Toronto?
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