Thursday, August 2, 2007

Standalone


Let's enlarge the clouds collection.

This one was taken a couple of years ago, in central square of Guanajuato, Mexico. As a solitaire cloud, it really has a good attitude.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Micro climate

Ljubljana's own weather area

Summer in Ljubljana. Hot temperature, as the almighty sun heats the city during the long hours of daylight. Not so many cloudy days, and even fewer rainy ones. This, could be well said, is the general situation in Ljubljana at the end of July 2007.

But let me correct myself. I would like to emphasize the word general. When I say general, I might say average, or maybe "the situation that you might find almost everywhere in the city". So, almost everywhere in Ljubljana we get good weather is a better way to say it.

The areas excluded by the word almost are the ones that we want to talk about. The ones with their own micro climate just inside the city. Up to now I only know one of such areas, and as far as I am concerned it's a brand new one. And it's in Prešeren Square, just in the city center.

How is it like to be there? Doesn't matter how hot and sunny the city is. In this small portion of the square, you will get rain. Unfortunately, weather forecasts on Internet and on TV are still not aware of it, so pay attention while walking in this area! Fortunately, some signs are there to warn us about the possibility of getting wet.

Unlike other micro climate areas, this an artificial one. It was created by the hand of clever Slovenian artist Zmago Modic, responsible of many other performances and installations in the city center. One of the signs states "The area with Ljubljana's own weather", so let's consider it the name of the œuvre. Well done!


Ljubljana's own weather area