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melluransa
melluransaFirst of all, I'm pretty glad we live on a planet with an atmosphere. If that weren't cool enough, that atmosphere circulates. This is wind. Wind is amazing because it happens on a global and local scale!
Globally, the winds are caused by ocean currents. Deep, consistently-flowing ocean currents that flow from cool parts of the ocean to warm parts, or vise versa warm parts to cool, causes the air temperature above those parts to differ. That differing air temperature results in an imbalance of air temps, pressures and humidity levels, which cause wind! Ocean currents have names, and often have accompanying winds above them. What's kind of mind-boggling is that these currents exist because the water is blown by the winds....yet at the same time, the winds exist because the currents do. Whut.
Winds are also affected by the Earth's rotation. In the northern hemisphere, winds generally blow from the west to the east, and vise versa in the southern hemisphere. On the Equator, winds blow up, in updrafts... This is why you can't use sailboats on the equator, because there isn't any horizontally-blowing wind to push the sails! On the poles, it blows down. I wonder if you had a balloon on the north pole, if it would be pushed down then.
Winds circulate the air in the atmosphere, which cleans it. Or spreads pollution around, either way. Winds cause weather, because moving masses of air of different temperatures, pressures, and humidity levels clash at the edges... these are called weather fronts! Where one mass of air is touching another mass of air.
Locally, winds are affected by bodies of water or large earth landmarks like mountains and canyons. They're affected by human structures like cities, and by natural structures like forests.
Winds make it so things can fly. Planes, birds, kites. Winds cool you off when it's hot. A hot summer day is made bearable by even a small breeze. Winds affect climates of areas, and are especially affected by bodies of water or large earth landmarks like mountains and canyons. Wind offers resistance and pressure, and the potential to generate a lot of power. I love seeing windmills that generate electricity, they're like fields of big silver flowers that give clean power.
The way fields of grass and wheat look when wind blows over them is so pretty. It looks like an ocean of plants. A skirt is made so much more flirty when there's a wind. Wind causes wind chimes to ring. I like the wind.
I don't like when it's too strong like in a tornado, but I don't think anybody enjoys that kind of wind.
I especially like wind when it suddenly gusted at Bill as he's about to get in a van, and he turns around and is surprised and makes the funniest face and hand gesture like that surprised kitty video meme. Like the "surprised infant" reflex, how they widen their eyes, recoil slightly, and spread out their fingers when surprised. Someone has to know the video I'm talking about.
Globally, the winds are caused by ocean currents. Deep, consistently-flowing ocean currents that flow from cool parts of the ocean to warm parts, or vise versa warm parts to cool, causes the air temperature above those parts to differ. That differing air temperature results in an imbalance of air temps, pressures and humidity levels, which cause wind! Ocean currents have names, and often have accompanying winds above them. What's kind of mind-boggling is that these currents exist because the water is blown by the winds....yet at the same time, the winds exist because the currents do. Whut.
Winds are also affected by the Earth's rotation. In the northern hemisphere, winds generally blow from the west to the east, and vise versa in the southern hemisphere. On the Equator, winds blow up, in updrafts... This is why you can't use sailboats on the equator, because there isn't any horizontally-blowing wind to push the sails! On the poles, it blows down. I wonder if you had a balloon on the north pole, if it would be pushed down then.
Winds circulate the air in the atmosphere, which cleans it. Or spreads pollution around, either way. Winds cause weather, because moving masses of air of different temperatures, pressures, and humidity levels clash at the edges... these are called weather fronts! Where one mass of air is touching another mass of air.
Locally, winds are affected by bodies of water or large earth landmarks like mountains and canyons. They're affected by human structures like cities, and by natural structures like forests.
Winds make it so things can fly. Planes, birds, kites. Winds cool you off when it's hot. A hot summer day is made bearable by even a small breeze. Winds affect climates of areas, and are especially affected by bodies of water or large earth landmarks like mountains and canyons. Wind offers resistance and pressure, and the potential to generate a lot of power. I love seeing windmills that generate electricity, they're like fields of big silver flowers that give clean power.
The way fields of grass and wheat look when wind blows over them is so pretty. It looks like an ocean of plants. A skirt is made so much more flirty when there's a wind. Wind causes wind chimes to ring. I like the wind.
I don't like when it's too strong like in a tornado, but I don't think anybody enjoys that kind of wind.
I especially like wind when it suddenly gusted at Bill as he's about to get in a van, and he turns around and is surprised and makes the funniest face and hand gesture like that surprised kitty video meme. Like the "surprised infant" reflex, how they widen their eyes, recoil slightly, and spread out their fingers when surprised. Someone has to know the video I'm talking about.
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