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[psycho-mocha]

ALSO BESTIE HOW DID WE MISS THIS WHOLE ASS THING THAT THE NAVGRAHAS (9 CELESTIAL BODIES OR PLANETS) WERE KNOWN AND WORSHIPPED WAY WAY WAY..LIKE LAKHS OF YEARS... BEFORE THE WESTERN DISCOVERY OF PLANETS-

OMG DUDE GES HODMAKXMWNFJRNT I WANTED TO SAY THAT BUT FOR SOME REASON I GOT DISTRACTED OGMSJXNAMNFT

[earthstory]

1816: The Year With No Summer

The summer of 1816 was definitely one for the record books. From red snow in Italy, riots across Europe and 12 inches (30cm) of snow in Quebec City in June, it was far from normal.

The early 1800s were cooler than today due to lower solar insolation (less heat from the sun) thought to be associated with the Dalton Minimum (lack of solar sunspot activity). In fact, throughout the 14th to the mid 19th century, global temperatures had been consistently lower than those on record, prompting this era to be known as the ‘Little Ice Age’. However 1816 was by far the most extreme, with frosts and snow being reported across the Northern Hemisphere throughout June, July and August. It wasn’t just cold though, temperatures would fluctuate from normal summer temperatures (up to 35oC/95oF) to near freezing the next day. Unsurprisingly, crop yields were poor this year, forcing food prices through the roof and leaving many to go hungry.

So what caused such unusual weather conditions? The lower solar input played a part, but the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 is thought to be the main culprit. The ash spewed out during the eruption travelled through the atmosphere, further reducing the thermal input from the sun. This was compounded by the release of sulphur gases, which combined with water vapour to form small droplets of sulphuric acid. These reflected the suns energy back into space before it could reach the Earth's surface, reducing temperatures further. By 1816 these volcanic emissions had encompassed the entire Northern Hemisphere, leading to freezing summer temperatures and unusually coloured snow across Central and Eastern Europe.

However, there was one good thing that came out of the bad weather. Writers Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and John William Polidori were forced to remain indoors and, to keep themselves amused, decided to have a “write off”. The challenge was to see which author could write the best scary story with Shelly producing Frankenstein and Polidori countering with Vampyre!

Watson

References:

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Further Reading:

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Painting Credit: George H. Durrie

[tartts]

daffodil yellow! I know the feeling I always need to scream about writing

Daffodil Yellow: Does worldbuilding come easily to you?

decidedly not. most of my previous works were based on something that inspired me that already had a laid out world, especially with TQB. but i’m trying my hand at proper world building, making continents and cultures and naming cities and making a religion in TWC.

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Camilla, Julian

What is your hairstyle? i have the classic bisexual bob lmao. jaw length brown hair, blunt, no fringe

Are you more of an introvert or extrovert type of person? neither, really. i value and enjoy my time alone, but equally i love being surrounded by friends and getting to know new people

Favorite class subject? i probably find history the most interesting, but it’s so much work that it isn’t really enjoyable. so i’d say german

Poetry or prose? fdskjf i really don’t like poetry, ngl…. prose all the way 

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