Buncrana Gorse Fire - 08 April 2013

In the early hours of this morning (Monday 8th April 2013, Buncrana Fire Brigade were battling to control a giant gorse fire on Fahan Hill in Buncrana, Donegal. Photographer Adam Rory Porter said the fire was approximately 1.5 kilometres away from his house in this picture.

Donegal County Fire and Rescue Service says it believes many of the gorse and forest fires it has attended in the past week may have been started deliberately.

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VIDEO - Hiking up Muckish Mountain, Donegal

A hike up Muckish Mountain in Donegal last week. 

Video by Iain Miller

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Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), Ireland: St Patrick's Day 2013

There were some incredible Aurora displays over north and northwestern parts of Ireland on Sunday night as a result of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on Sunday morning.

The solar blast led to amazing Northern Lights displays on St Patrick's night.

Aurora and offshore lightning strike at Horn Head, Co. Donegal last night. Image Daragh McDonough

Musseden Temple, Castlerock, Derry. Image Owen Anderson

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Culdaff, Inishowen Peninsula., Donegal. Image Stoycho Danev

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) paint Irish skies green in Inishowen, County Donegal on St Patrick's Night. Image Adam Rory Porter

Aurora as seen from Belmullet in North Mayo. Image Brian Wilson

Aurora on St Patrick's night over Lough Talt in the Ox Mountains,Co Sligo. Image Ronan Newman

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) light up the skies on Saint Patricks night in Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal.  Image Brendan Diver

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) light up the skies on Saint Patricks night in Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal.  Image Brendan Diver

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23 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

 

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16 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

 

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Irish Seismometers Record North Korea Nuclear Test

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The energy from today's (Tuesday, 12 February 2013) underground nuclear test in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was felt as far away as Ireland and recorded on seismometers in Dublin and Donegal, according to the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN).

The seismometers picked up the "explosion-like" event approximately 11 minutes after North Korea detonated what it called a “miniaturised” nuclear device.

Tom Blake, INSN Director explained that the explosion from the nuclear test propagated through the ground measuring 4.9 magnitude on the Richter Scale.

Mr. Blake, who is also Head of the National Data Centre, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation at the School of Cosmic Physics in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), explained: “The energy wave generated by North Korea’s nuclear test was clearly picked up by seismometers in north Donegal and the Dublin Mountains approximately 11 minutes after it occurred at 2:58 AM (GMT) on Tuesday.  It was located roughly in the region of the previous North Korean nuclear tests of 2006 and 2009. The South Korean defence ministry has provided preliminary yield estimates for the test of between 6 to 7 kilotons. Our data suggests the test was a more powerful blast than North Korea's two previous tests.”

People watch a television broadcast reporting North Korea's nuclear test at a Seoul train station

Mr. Blake said that seismometers are so sensitive that they can easily pick up strong seismic activity on the other side of the world.

 “The Earth is a dynamic planet and susceptible to behaving in a more elastic fashion that one might think. An earthquake has the same effect on the Earth as a pebble does when dropped into a pool. The ripple effect of last week’s earthquakes in The Solomon Islands were also felt in Ireland, for example,” added Mr. Blake

The DIAS began modern seismic recordings in 1978. The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) now features six permanent stations in Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Donegal and Wexford. 2013 marks 20 years since the beginning of digital seismic recording of the INSN. For more see www.dias.ie.

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7 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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2 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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31 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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30 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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28 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland 26 January 2013 - The Meteo Times

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The Meteo Times (TMT) Photo of the Month Winner (January 2013)

Congratulations to Kyle Malee on winning the fourth Meteo Times photo of the month competition. Kyle's image of his dog Indiana on The Hawk's Rock at Coolaney, Co Sligo, received the most public votes in a poll conducted on the TMT Facebook page.

The photograph that received the second highest number of 'Likes' was Martin O'Leary's sunrise shot from Belvelly Castle, Cobh, Co.Cork. 

Two entries finished in joint third. They were Yvette O Beirne's shot of a dew-spangled 'chandelier  cobweb' in Arklow, Wicklow, and Bren's Photo's shot of 'The Great Fireball of Pollet Arch' in County Donegal.

 

See all entries in the Photo of the Month competition HERE.   To submit an image to TMT email us at editor@meteotimes.net, post an image to our Facebook page or Tweet @meteotimesirl.

WINNERS LIST:
January 2013 - Kyle Mallee (Sligo)

December 2012 - Fiona Windsor (Wicklow)

November 2012 - Tony O'Driscoll (Cork)
October 2012 - Damien Stenson (Clare)

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2.7 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Irish Coast

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded off the northwest coast of Ireland this morning.

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WEATHER ALERT - Heavy Showers, Localised Flooding Risk 18 Oct 2012

WEATHER ALERT (SOUTHWEST and N/E ULSTER)

Heavy showers will continue to affect parts of the southwest, west and northeast this afternoon. There is an increased risk of localised flooding in eastern and northern parts of Ulster due to already saturated ground here. 

Northerly winds will also reach force 6 or higher this afternoon from Mizen Head to Slyne Head to Malin Head. 

ALERT VALID UP TO 2200HRS GMT, THU, 18 OCTOBER, 2012

Rainfall radar image from 12.45PM by raintoday.co.uk.

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GALLERY Aurora Borealis Over Ireland - 08 October 2012

NOAA's Aurora Forecast

Parts of Ireland were treated to a rare Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) display on Monday night, as a result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) impacting Earth's magnetic field. 

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Ireland, UK And Earth From Space, 8 September 2012

Ireland and Britain, as seen from space by the MODIS Terra satellite at 1pm on Saturday, 08 September 2012.

Planet Earth, as seen in this RGB composite image from Dundee Satellite, at midday on Saturday, 08 September 2012.

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Ireland, UK And Planet Earth From Space At Midday, 06-09-12

Ireland and Britain, as seen from space by the MODIS satellite at midday on Thursday, 06 September 2012.

Planet Earth, as seen in this RGB composite image from Dundee Satellite, at midday on Thursday, 06 September 2012.

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Northern Lights To Become A More Regular Sight Over Ireland

The Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis at the Giant's Causeway. Photo Martin McKenna, nightskyhunter.com.

Over the next two years Irish skies are to be set ablaze with displays of the Northern Lights, some of which could knock out satellites and send power grids into overload plunging millions of people into darkness. 

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IMAGES - Pod Of Dolphins (Donegal) And Basking Shark (Clare)

The Irish Basking Shark Project research team was joined last week along the Donegal coast by a pod of approximately 50 dolphins.

On the morning of Friday (17th August), the dolphins were spotted in Lough Swilly. By evening they had travelled quite a distance to Malin Head and onwards.

While at the north end Lough Swilly, some of the Basking Shark research team got the chance to shoot some footage and film.

Meanwhile, a juvenile 4m long basking shark that was tagged by the IDP funded Monster Munch project on August 8th, just South of Lenan head in the Mouth of Lough Swilly, has been detected west of Loop Head in County Clare and the mouth of the Shannon Estuary.  The shark's present location is approximately 250 miles from where it was originally tagged 13 days ago in Inishowen waters. 

 

According to the Irish Basking Shark Project: "The satellite tags which have been attached to five sharks adopted by coastal communities on Inishowen have proven sluggish to report their positions. This movement record and live feed is welcome news with luck other sharks will also report their positions on a regular basis in the coming days and weeks."

For more from the Basking shark project, check out http://www.baskingshark.ie.

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