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Preparing for the 41st Bridger Ridge Run

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Coriolis Effect ✍️

It explains why objects moving across a rotating world seem to curve from their straight path, even when no visible force pushes them sideways. Imagine throwing a ball straight across a spinning merry-go-round. To someone standing still outside, the ball travels in a straight line. But to someone riding the spinning platform, the ball appears to bend away from its path.

The same thing happens on Earth because our planet is constantly rotating beneath everything that moves. Air currents, ocean flows, and even long-range projectiles travel over a surface that is turning while they move. This creates the illusion of a sideways force, known as the Coriolis effect.

In the Northern Hemisphere, moving objects appear to bend to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere they bend to the left. The effect grows stronger over larger distances and faster motions, but becomes almost unnoticeable in small, everyday movements.

Scientists use this effect to understand the spinning of hurricanes, the paths of trade winds, and the circulation of oceans. It reveals that motion is not always as simple as it seems when the ground beneath us is constantly in motion itself.

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Garden Clippings: Hail in the garden — preparing for storms | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1800102/garden-clippings-hail-in-the-garden-preparing-for-storms-local-news/ #atmosphere #AtmosphericSciences #BranchesOfMeteorology #EarthPhenomena #EarthSciences #garden #hail #ice #MeteorologicalPhenomena #meteorology #NaturalDisasters #NaturalHazards #PhysicalGeography #SevereWeatherAndConvection #storm! #WeatherHazards #weather!

Master Gardener: The good and bad of snow in your garden | Lifestyles https://www.allforgardening.com/1546639/master-gardener-the-good-and-bad-of-snow-in-your-garden-lifestyles/ #AppliedAndInterdisciplinaryPhysics #clouds #EarthPhenomena #EarthSciences #FogAndPrecipitation #FormsOfWater #frost #garden #gardener #gardening #hail #ice #IceCrystal #MeteorologicalPhenomena #meteorology #nature #PhysicalGeography #precipitation #snow #snowflake #tree #WaterIce #WilsonBentley #WinterPhenomena

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Geomorphometry - A Brief Guide
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2481(08)00001-9 <-- shared paper
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https://geomorphometry.org/ <-- International Society for Geomorphometry home page
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