When I said the Mt. Rainier picture in this post was very old. I drew attention to the cars in the post so that people could figure that out quickly. (And, just in case someone wanted to check, I put a label on the picture, which most browsers will show you. For example, if you are using my favorite browser, Firefox, you can see the title by right clicking on the picture and choosing "properties".)
I was joking, but I was also making a mildly serious point. Those who believe most strongly in man-caused global warming often cite winters with little snow as evidence for their beliefs. But they do not cite winters with heavy snow as evidence against their beliefs. (For the record, I see winters with little snow as very slight evidence for their theories, and winters with much snow as very slight evidence against their theories. In this area, we have had both in the last five years.)
For example, Al Gore handles contradictory evidence like that in my photo — by ignoring it. And so, jokingly, I went along with him and said that the picture must be a very old one, instead of one shot this month. But the picture does show current conditions. There really was more than ten feet of snow on the ground on Mt. Rainier on March 22nd. And there is almost certainly even more snow there now, according to recent weather reports.
All that snow is a tiny bit of evidence, but it is evidence, and it shouldn't be ignored by Al Gore, and those who agree with him.
Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.
(It is trivial to produce black and white photos with a digital camera. Many cameras, including my Olympus C-765 and my Panasonic FZ8, can be set to take black and white pictures. (And, often, sepia pictures, if you want your pictures to look really old.) Or, you can use a photo program, even a simple photo program like Google's Picasa, to convert color pictures to black and white.
I can't say that I have had any great results making digital black and white photos, but then I didn't have much luck making good black and white photos with film, either. I have done just enough experiments with black and white photography to gain a deep appreciation for the genius of Ansel Adams, but not enough to produce any pictures I wanted to keep.
As always when I discuss global warming, I urge you to read my disclaimer, if you have not already done so.)
Posted by Jim Miller at March 31, 2008 01:11 PM | Email ThisI hear using cell phones & driving cars can kill you to. LOL
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on March 31, 2008 02:14 PMIt's as phony as Al Gore and his mansions and private jets.
It wouldn't be so annoying if our kids weren't being indoctrinated with this garbage by the liberals that run our failing schools.
Posted by: Bill Cruchon on March 31, 2008 02:18 PMI like how everything in the Bruce's mind is somehow connected to Socialism/Marxism.
Something simple like "Liberals want to build more Animal Shelters" turns into "Liberals want to build training grounds for animals to aide the Marxist revolutionaries".
RBW, it sounds like your camera is saving your photos as .Jpg's, you would need a DSLR or a camera that shoots in a .RAW file format in order to retain the color information when shooting a B&W photo.
This comment is very much like liberal policies, once enacted there is no way to turn them back. That is why we “flat Earthers” are so against global warming polices. The more we learn, the more we see huge problems with the theory.
All GW models predict that the upper atmosphere would be the first area to show heat increases. Yet satellite data shows almost zero increase. Also, the models said cloud formation would increase and compound the effects of GW. Yet, cloud cover has actually decreased in recent years. The oceans were supposed to heat up. They aren’t. And these are just the big issues. So, before we yield complete control over our lives and money to government, it is just common sense to check out these glaring inconsistencies with the GW models?
So, AGW folks... what did do to cause this?
TIA
Posted by: Gary on March 31, 2008 04:41 PMDo the Global Warming Alarmists buy Carbon Offsets when they have children? After all teh human body is made up of Carbon.
Posted by: TrueSoldier on April 1, 2008 01:32 AMSTOP IT, you two are having way to much fun. LOL
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on April 1, 2008 07:54 AMYes it does save in JPG. The selector got accidently moved before I shot a group of pictures. I'll watch for that in the future. Fortunately the old Air Force buddy I was visiting shot essentially the same shots (in color) and sent me the files.
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