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Old 12-05-2015, 07:06 PM
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2/3 of the world is covered in clouds!

it's no wonder I'm struggling to get a star gaze through my scope lol!

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl...12/4233502.htm
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Old 12-05-2015, 09:08 PM
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Look closely and you can actually see a little white spot right about where Melbourne is

Australia does pretty well on a global scale, look at North America and Europe, the two regions where the vast majority of the global population participate in this hobby. Whiteout!
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Some more info
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Old 17-05-2015, 08:34 AM
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13 years of cloud over Australia

Attached is the map for Australia. NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) map shows an average of cloud observations collected between July 2002 and April 2015.
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Old 17-05-2015, 01:10 PM
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Might just be me, but it appears that some land features are shaded white with hard-edged contrast to the surrounding blue, particularly the dry lakes in the deserts around Lake Eyre. No way that region would be as cloudy as the map would suggest. Also interesting to see it shaded deep blue just offshore, particularly in the south/southeast where these offshore areas would be cloudier than the adjacent land, I think anyway.
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