For 160 nights out of the year, the sky above the river is pierced by almost constant lightning, producing as many as 280 strikes per hour. The lightning is so regular that it's known among sailors as the "Maracaibo Beacon."
Architecture on Antarctica is challenging. Shelter must be formidable enough to insulate inhabitants from unsurvivable weather, yet negligible enough to be taken away without leaving a trace.
Many of these settlements were built later than 650 AD. Clearly the weather hadn't been the cause of the Moche’s demise. Also, instead of constructing huacas, the Moche started building fortresses. They had been at war.
The Moche leadership - which at least in part claimed authority on the basis of being able to determine the weather - had lost its authority and control over its people.
Evidence of the region's climatic history suggested that at around AD 560 to AD 650 there was a thirty-year period of exceptionally wet weather, followed by a severe drought lasting another thirty years.
Architecture on Antarctica is challenging. Shelter must be formidable enough to insulate inhabitants from unsurvivable weather, yet negligible enough to be taken away without leaving a trace.
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth.
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth.
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth.
This Weather Project installation drew more than two million (yes, two million!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter basking in the fake sunlight and experiencing communal warmth.
Jigokudani Monkey Park hosts a steady stream of visitors even in the most inclement of weather, all of whom have come to see a troop of Japanese macaques bathe in a natural hot spring.
Talk about a silver lining: New research shows that crummy weather actually keeps you more focused on the task at hand. This means now that the long winter is over, your motivation could vanish faster than the snow outside!
Talk about a silver lining: New research shows that crummy weather actually keeps you more focused on the task at hand. This means now that the long winter is over, your motivation could vanish faster than the snow outside!
Talk about a silver lining: New research shows that crummy weather actually keeps you more focused on the task at hand. This means now that the long winter is over, your motivation could vanish faster than the snow outside!
Talk about a silver lining: New research shows that crummy weather actually keeps you more focused on the task at hand. This means now that the long winter is over, your motivation could vanish faster than the snow outside!
Jigokudani Monkey Park hosts a steady stream of visitors even in the most inclement of weather, all of whom have come to see a troop of Japanese macaques bathe in a natural hot spring.