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fugio ergo sum
In the land of 100 or more miles between weather observation points you never know what you will get. The briefing this morning looked like there wouldn't be a cloud within hundreds of miles. Well, I wasn't that surprised to find myself above a solid undercast on the way up to the EAA LOE fly-in at Moriarty, NM. The dewpoint at the nearest station was 37 degrees F.
The Capitan Mountains, here, are one of the few US ranges that is oriented east-west.
The undercast gave me a nice opportunity to observe "The Glory"
Just south of Moriarty is the interesting series of lakes called Laguna del Perro. I don't know just how that translates? Dog Lake or Lake of the Dogs or something like that. Maybe a Spanish speaker can tell me.
Usually a Laguna is a transitory lake in a pretty flat area. I had never looked at these closely before and was kind of surprised to see how much relief there is. Then there are dunes between the lake beds.
Jet engine on a two-seat glider
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The Capitan Mountains, here, are one of the few US ranges that is oriented east-west.
The undercast gave me a nice opportunity to observe "The Glory"
Just south of Moriarty is the interesting series of lakes called Laguna del Perro. I don't know just how that translates? Dog Lake or Lake of the Dogs or something like that. Maybe a Spanish speaker can tell me.
Usually a Laguna is a transitory lake in a pretty flat area. I had never looked at these closely before and was kind of surprised to see how much relief there is. Then there are dunes between the lake beds.
Jet engine on a two-seat glider
(continued)