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Top of the Morning
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Copyright: Rick Price (Adanac) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5209] (17609)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-05
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon 20D, Canon 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-01-05 11:04
Viewed: 973
Points: 20
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I went out to Cypress Hills this morning and had a ball. The temperature was up due to a chinook and the animals were out enjoying the break too. While hiking along a hidden trail I came across two cow Moose that were sleeping. They got up when I approached but didn't leave much to my enjoyment the light was very low but I managed to get a couple of keepers.

Chinook wind
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinook winds, often just called chinooks, are Föhn winds[1] in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges. Southwest of the mountains, on the British Columbia Coast and in the Puget Sound area, it is a warm, very wet, southwesterly wind, likely to bring rain or snow. Northeast of the mountains, it is warm and dry, after being stripped of its moisture by the mountains in its path.

Chinook winds are so named because they come from the country of the Chinook Native Americans: the lower Columbia River, west of the Rocky Mountains. The term originated in the local argot of the fur trade, which spread it to the prairies.

A popular myth is that Chinook means "snow eater", as a strong Chinook can make snow one foot deep almost vanish in one day. The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind. Chinook winds have been observed to raise winter temperature, often from below −20°C (−4°F) to as high as 10°C to 20°C (50°F to 68°F) for a few hours or days, then temperatures plummet to their base levels. The greatest recorded temperature change in 24 hours was caused by Chinook winds on January 15, 1972, in Loma, Montana; the temperature rose from -48°C (-56°F) to 9°C (49°F).

The digraph in Chinook is pronounced as in the word "church" in some regions of the Pacific Coast, but as in French (i.e., shinook) in other regions of the Pacific Coast (e.g. Seattle) and on the prairies. This is because the French-speaking voyageurs of the fur companies brought the term from the mountains.
In Alberta

Where chinooks occur most frequentlyChinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada, especially in a belt from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge, which get 30 to 35 chinook days per year on average. Chinooks become less frequent further south in the United States, and are not as common north of Red Deer, but occur as far north as Grande Prairie in northwestern Alberta and Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, and as far south as Albuquerque, New Mexico

In winters since the 1980s, chinooks and warmer weather have all but banished winter to just a few spells of sharp cold of one or two weeks, and some midwinter months have averaged high temperatures over 5°C (41°F), similar to the West Coast of British Columbia, where Canada's warmest winters are found.

In southern Alberta, most of the winter can be spent with little or no snow on the ground. In Calgary, there is snow about 59% of the time on Christmas, compared to 88% for Edmonton.[2]. In Canada, only the West Coast of British Columbia and southern Ontario have fewer white Christmases than southern Alberta.

In Lethbridge, Chinook winds can gust in excess of hurricane force (120 km/h or 75 mph), strong enough to shatter car windows through air pressure differential.[citation needed] On November 19, 1962, an especially powerful chinook there gusted to 171 km/h (107 mph).

In Pincher Creek, the temperature rose by 41°C (from -19°C to 22°C) in one hour in 1962.[3] Also, trains have been known to be derailed by chinook winds there.

Calgary is also well known for getting many chinooks, as the Bow Valley in the Canadian Rockies west of the city acts as a natural wind tunnel funneling the chinook winds.
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2926 W: 34 N: 8678] (32334)
  • [2008-01-05 11:17]

Hi Rick. A good close up of this fine looking animal . good detail and natural looking colours.you must have been able to get quite close. well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

It is most definitely a paprazzi shot if I have ever seen one. And hence tech profile seems as though the beast is actually trying to awaken..or focus on something...Smile..your on candid camera....I remember the Chinook Winds as a good thing..but it has been 15 years since out wilderness cabin at 3500 feet. OH...one might add that my computer spell checker wants me to spell Chinook with a capital C....how intriguing..it knows the word..I didn't add it either. This is a new desktop.
Bob

Hello Rick

A lovely shot of this moose.There is just something about these creatures.
The focus is very good with excellent details.
I noticed a bit of a haze so I did a workshop.
The composition is well done and the lovely natural setting is beautiful.
TFS

Rob

hello Rick

you had a great meeting with this wonderful wild animal,
with gexcellent details on the coat of the moose,
i love the pov and the way you framed on the image,

in my life i had the chance only 2 times to meet and see moose,
the first time he was sleeping and wake up and start to run it was
like a earthquake and i was so afraid that my hart start to beat

TFS

Asbed

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 926 W: 0 N: 1998] (8963)
  • [2008-01-05 18:24]

Hi Rick
Great image.You had capture a nice moment.One thing that I like is that natural Bg as you have in all your presentation.Details are very good and the image is sharp.Your note is also excellent.
TFS Michel

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-01-05 18:37]

Hi Rick,

We can always count on something unusual from you! This time it's this wonderful moose. Great shot of him with nice details. Nice to see him in this natural setting.

Jane

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-01-06 2:44]

Incredibly close photo of this Moose!
Well composed and a good POV.
Sharp and detailed.
Excellent colours.
Well done Rick!
Cheers,
Joe

Hello Rick
Very nice shot of this chinook,
Perfect details,pose and BG,Welldone.

Best wishes for 2008 :o)
Fartash

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2008-01-06 7:45]

Great capture of that moose enjoying the chinook ! Very good details aand exposure, good work my friend, thanks !

Mario

Hi Rick,
Toujours très impressionnants, grandiose, magnifique.
Bravo
Marie

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