Gempar: (Video) Fenomena Salji Di Gunung Kinabalu

Pendaki dan malim Gunung Kinabalu terkejut apabila merasai pengalaman luar biasa melihat ketulan putih dipercayai salji, ketika berada di kawasan Sayat-Sayat berdekatan puncak Gunung Kinabalu, di sini, pagi tadi.

Dalam kejadian jam 6.20 pagi itu, cuaca difahamkan sangat sejuk dan secara tiba-tiba kelihatan ketulan putih menyamai salji, dilaporkan jatuh berhampiran puncak gunung berkenaan selama kira-kira dua minit.

Fenomena itu sempat dirakam pelatih laluan Via Ferrata, Hajiri Sulumin, 47, ketika sedang menunggu pendaki turun dari puncak Gunung Kinabalu.

Hajiri berkata, kejadian itu berlaku secara spontan tetapi dalam tempoh masa yang pendek antara dua hingga tiga minit.

“Ketika itu saya sedang menunggu pendaki yang berada di puncak dan tiba-tiba ada salji turun tetapi sekejap saja antara dua hingga tiga minit.

“Ketika kejadian, saya berada di Sayat-Sayat Check Point dan saya percaya ia berlaku sehingga kawasan puncak gunung,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, hari ini.

Hajiri berkata, ia memang salji dan bukannya seperti ketulan ais yang biasa mereka lihat ketika di puncak Gunung Kinabalu sebelum ini.

“Ia memang salji seperti kepingan ringan, kalau ketulan ais ia berat,” katanya.

Jelasnya, sejak 11 tahun menjadi pelatih Via Ferrata, itu bukan pertama kali ia berlaku dan dia pernah saksikan fenomena yang sama pada 2018.

Sementara itu, Penolong Pengarah Taman Kinabalu, Justinus Guntabid, menjelaskan kawasan yang dituruni salji berlaku di sekitar kilometer 7 hingga ke puncak gunung.

Katanya, keadaan cuaca yang lebih sejuk berbanding kebiasaannya dipercayai menjadi punca fenomena berkenan

“Kalau ikut rekod suhu dari jam 2 hingga 10 pagi, ia sekitar 6.9 hingga 12.3 darjah selsius, manakala tahap kelembapan pula ialah 52 hingga 62 peratus.

“Kejadian kali ini sememangnya luar biasa kerana kebiasaannya hanya hujan ais atau pembekuan di sekitar kawasan puncak, apa yang dilihat pagi ini, ia benar-benar salji,” katanya ketika dihubungi, hari ini.

Justinus berkata, mengikut rekod sebelum ini, kejadian sama pernah berlaku pada 1975 dan 1993.

Sementara itu, rakaman kejadian salji di Gunung Kinabalu tular di media sosial dan mendapat pelbagai reaksi daripada pembaca. -{Berita Harian]

Gambar Fenomena Gerhana Matahari Separa Disember 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Gerhana matahari separa dapat dilihat di Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah pada waktu kemuncaknya tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

SHAH ALAM – Seluruh rakyat Malaysia dapat menyaksikan kejadian gerhana matahari hari ini, iaitu sebuah fenomena yang berlaku apabila bulan yang berada di antara matahari dan bumi menghalang sejumlah cahaya matahari daripada terkena permukaan bumi.

Kawasan-kawasan sekitar Tanjung Piai, Johor dan Serian, Sarawak dapat menyaksikan gerhana matahari anulus, manakala kawasan-kawasan lain di seluruh negara hanya dapat melihat gerhana matahari separa.

Di Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor, suasana sekeliling menjadi malap sejurus bermulanya kejadian ini, walaupun ketika itu tidak ada awan yang menghalang sinaran cahaya matahari.

Saya berpeluang menunaikan solat Zohor dan solat sunat gerhana di Masjid Negeri Selangor, Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah.

Ketika saya tiba di sana, sudah ramai warga Shah Alam berkumpul di kawasan masjid dan semasa gerhana tersebut berada pada waktu kemuncaknya, keadaan berkelihatan gelap seolah-olah sedang berlakunya ribut.

Malangnya, selepas itu suasana menjadi mendung dan ketika jemaah sedang mengerjakan ibadah solat sunat gerhana, hujan mula turun menyebabkan ramai tidak dapat melihat fenomena istimewa ini.

Kali terakhir fenomena gerhana matahari anulus berlaku di Malaysia adalah pada 22hb Ogos 1998, iaitu di Mersing, Johor.

Di bawah merupakan gambar-gambar kejadian gerhana matahari separa yang dirakamkan sekitar Subang Jaya dan Shah Alam.

(SUBANG JAYA) Sekitar sejam selepas bermulanya gerhana matahari separa, cahaya matahari telahpun mula dihalang oleh bulan tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SUBANG JAYA) Gerhana matahari separa dapat dilihat di seluruh negara, menarik tumpuan penduduk di sekitar tempat tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SUBANG JAYA) Suasana di sekitar Selangor semakin lama semakin malap seakan-akan semasa ribut, walaupun matahari bersinar tanpa sebarang awan di bawahnya tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Kira-kira 10 minit sebelum kemuncak gerhana matahari separa di negeri Selangor, dapat dilihat sekitar negeri termasuk di Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Matahari mula kelihatan seperti bulan sabit pada waktu malam, sepanjang waktu kemuncak gerhana matahari separa di Selangor tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Gerhana matahari separa dapat dilihat di sebelah menara Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Keadaan di sekeliling negeri Selangor makin malap sekitar jam 1:05 tengah hari tadi, sambil berlakunya fenomena gerhana matahari separa. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

(SHAH ALAM) Gerhana matahari separa dapat dilihat di Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah pada waktu kemuncaknya tengah hari tadi. — 26/12/2019 | (c) Ahmad Ali Karim, 2019

Tanjung Piai dan Serian Bakal Menyaksikan Gerhana Matahari Cincin

Gambar hiasan.

[BERNAMA}- Rakyat Malaysia bakal berpeluang menyaksikan Gerhana Matahari Anulus (Cincin) pada 26 Dis ini yang berlaku di kawasan Tanjung Piai, Johor dan Serian, Sarawak.

Pengarah Planetarium Negara Anita Bahari berkata Gerhana Matahari Cincin itu hanya akan berlaku di dua kawasan tersebut sahaja kerana pada ketika itu kedudukan bulan, bumi dan matahari adalah selari.

Beliau berkata tempoh gerhana akan berlaku bermula pukul 1.21 petang hingga 1.23 petang di Tanjung Piai manakala di Serian pula, fenomena astronomi itu akan berlaku dalam tempoh kira-kira empat minit bermula  1.46 petang hingga 1.50 petang.

“Gerhana Matahari Cincin ini pernah terjadi 21 tahun dahulu iaitu pada 22 Ogos 1998 di Mersing, Johor dan jika anda terlepas peluang ini, kita harus menunggu 22 tahun lagi,” katanya dalam sidang media Gerhana Matahari Anulus di sini hari ini.

Turut hadir Setiausaha Bahagian Perkhidmatan Sains, Teknologi, Industri dan Pembudayaan Kementerian Tenaga, Sains, Teknologi, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim Nik Kamaruzaman Nik Husin.

Pada waktu sama, seluruh negara juga akan turut mengalami fenomena Gerhana Matahari Separa yang akan bermula kira-kira pukul 10.30 pagi sehingga 3.30 petang.

Namun jelasnya, jika masyarakat ingin melihat kejadian Gerhana Matahari Cincin lebih dekat dan tepat, ia hanya berlaku di Tanjung Piai dan Serian sahaja.

Selain itu, bersempena fenomena itu juga, Planetarium Negara dengan kerjasama Taman Negara Tanjung Piai turut mengadakan festival SolarFest Malaysia 2019 bermula 24 sehingga 26 Dis ini.

Festival yang menyasarkan 30,000 pengunjung sepanjang tempoh penganjuran itu juga bakal disertai ahli-ahli astrofizik dan selebriti tempatan, melibatkan pelbagai acara antaranya kempen kesedaran alam sekitar dan pameran solar Gastronomi.

Pada kemuncak acara 26 Dis nanti, orang ramai khususnya peminat astronomi berpeluang menyaksikan Gerhana Matahari Cincin melalui teleskop dan cermin mata yang disediakan oleh Planetarium Negara.

— BERNAMA

Disturbing Composite Photos Reimagine Ocean Pollution

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals — fish, reptiles, birds and mammals — die every year after ingesting or being entangled in garbage carried by ocean currents.

Portuguese artist Paulo de Oliveira’s shocking composite images of animals being strangled by discarded nets and gorging on plastic rubbish serve as a stark warning of the damage caused by human waste.

In his series, a baby seal lion swims with a fishing net around its neck, a turtle munches on a coffee cup, a whale shark consumes plastic bags and a fish eats the remnants of a plastic lid while swimming through a sea of garbage.

De Oliveira, a 64-year-old former advertising executive turned professional diver and photographer, said: “I created these composite images to illustrate the amount of plastic garbage polluting our oceans. I wanted to make people understand the enormity of this environmental attack and how it affects the entire marine food chain. It is a theme that needs strong images that one often cannot capture directly in nature with the necessary quality.

“Nothing that can be seen in these images is unrealistic fantasies, though. All this happens every day in some parts of the oceans. It has already been witnessed by me and by many people but, except for honorable exceptions, it has not been directly portrayed in nature with force that I have tried to present in these compositions. In general, people respond well to images even when they know they have not been captured directly in nature. As I worked in advertising, I see this technique as just another tool that allows me to express my creativity.” (Caters News)

A sea turtle eats a styrofoam cup. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage drift through oceans driven by wind and currents. (Composite photograph by Paulo de Oliveira/ARDEA/Caters News)

A titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, eats a plastic object. A lot of sea animals ingest plastic garbage because they think its edible food. (Photo: Paulo Di Oliviera/ARDEA/Caters News)

A sea turtle eats a plastic detergent bottle. Plastic bags and other rotting plastic trash drift through oceans driven by wind and ocean currents. (Photo: Paulo Di Oliviera/ARDEA/Caters News)

A cotton swab is seen inside a comb jelly. This transparent animal, a planktonic predator, feeds mostly on other comb jellies that are pulled into its large mouth and swallowed whole. (Photo: Paulo Di Oliviera/ARDEA/Caters News)

A Pacific hermit crab, coenobita compressus, crawls wearing a lid of a plastic bottle as a shell. The hermit crabs uses empty shells to protect the soft part of its abdomen and make it inaccessible to predators. (Photo: Paulo Di Oliviera/ARDEA/Caters News)

A young northern fur seal, callorhinus ursinus, tangled in a nylon rope, grimly drags a string of nets, cables, and fishing wires behind her. (Photo: Paulo Di Oliviera/ARDEA/Caters News)

A Paddy Plant In Our Garden?

A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Yesterday evening, as my eldest sister, Aiman was gardening, she was shocked to discover that there was a plant that looks like a paddy plant in the middle of our brick pot.

Taking a closer look, my sister saw some ripening rice on the lone paddy plant which grew beside another large pot, surprisingly in a condition where it is not suitable for paddy plant to grow.

It seems as if the paddy plant had miraculously appeared out of nowhere, as we did not plant any rice and neither the dry soil nor the condition of the garden is suitable for a paddy plant to grow.

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A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Pohon padi pernah tumbuh di halaman rumah kani.

The ripening rice, July 23, 2018.

The rice harvested from our paddy plant, July 23, 2018.

Awan ‘ombak besar’ di Sabah

[Berita Harian}- BEAUFORT: Formasi awan luar biasa kelihatan seperti ‘ombak besar’ dan ‘puting beliung’ di beberapa daerah di pantai barat Sabah, pagi tadi, menggemparkan penduduk.

Keadaan gumpalan awan berkenaan disedari antara jam 7 pagi dan 7.30 pagi iaitu ketika cuaca mendung sebelum disusuli hujan lebat.

Penduduk setempat, Jamal Djupri, 37, berkata beliau melihat awan berkenaan sewaktu berada di padang Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Beaufort ketika mahu memulakan sesi pembelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani dan Kesihatan bersama 25 pelajar sekitar jam 7.10 pagi.

“Fenomena ini bukanlah kali pertama dilihat kerana keadaan sama pernah berlaku pada tahun lalu dan 2016.

“Cuaca ketika itu mendung serta sedikit berangin. Bagaimanapun, selepas berlaku gumpalan ini kira-kira lima minit, hujan turun dengan lebat seperti tadi,” katanya kepada BH.

Gambar formasi gumpalan awan luar biasa itu dikongsi secara meluas di laman sosial khususnya Facebook, Twitter dan aplikasi WhatsApp.

Pengarah Jabatan Meteorologi Sabah, Azmi Daud, berkata fenomena awan kelihatan seperti ombak pagi tadi dikenali sebagai garis badai Borneo atau kumpulan ribut petir dan tidak membahayakan.

Katanya, keadaan itu terbentuk di perairan dan persisiran pantai sekitar barat Sabah pada awal pagi akibat tiupan angin dari arah laut yang menyebabkan awan kelihatan bergulung-gulung seperti ombak.

“Ia boleh berlaku akibat tiupan angin Barat Daya sewaktu ke daratan menjelang pagi.

“Kita menjangkakan cuaca mulai akan kembali normal menjelang petang,” katanya sambil berkata fenomena ini memang berlaku di negeri ini sebelum ini.

Photos from the Super Blue Blood Moon

[Yahoo! News}- Earlier this year, a blue moon, super moon and blood moon all coincided for the first time since 1866.

The rare celestial event – dubbed the ‘super blue blood moon’ was visible from many parts of the world, but the most jaw-dropping views were in western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia.

However, due to the way the eclipse happens, those in Western Europe, most of Africa and Central and Southern America missed out on the event.

This was the third in a series of ‘supermoons’ which saw the moon appear 14 percent brighter and 30 per cent larger than usual.

Skygazers in the Eastern Hemisphere last saw a blue moon total lunar eclipse in 1982, but those in the West haven’t witnessed one for more than 150 years.

Unlike a solar eclipse, this lunar eclipse can be safely viewed without protective eyewear. (Getty)

The moon rises behind Glastonbury Tor, southwestern England. This is the second full moon of the month, commonly known as a ‘blue moon’, and won’t happen again for another two years and eight months. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

The ‘Supermoon’ silhouettes the statue to Admiral Lord Collingwood which overlooks the entrance to the river Tyne at Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear. (SWNS)

A plane is silhouetted by the Blue Moon as it passes over Liverpool, Merseyside. (PA)

It’s thought those who live in the Central timezone got the best view of the supermoon in all its glory. (Getty)

The full eclipse began at 2:07pm UTC (2:07pm GMT, 9:07am ET) although some of it was still visible after that. (Reuters)

According to Nasa, the event offered experts a chance to see what happens to the moon when it cools quickly. (SWNS)

 

Photos: Amazing Close-up Photos of Snowflakes

Photographer Don Komarechka says, “But I lost my childhood curiosity for snowflakes when I had to clear them by the trillions off my driveway.” (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

[Caters News}- These incredible images capture the intricate details of minuscule snowflakes, moments before they melt. The brilliant shots were taken by Don Komarechka, 31, who has had a lifelong fascination with all things macro — especially snowflakes.

The professional photographer says people often don’t believe that his pictures are real because they’re so perfect. The Canadian said, “These photos were all taken 2 feet from my back door over the past two winters.”

We’re looking at the intricate details of ice crystals that form in the atmosphere and fall to earth. Snowflakes can possess unending beauty and detail even in a single crystal measuring only a few millimeters in diameter.

Komarechka has had a lifelong fascination with all things macro — and especially snowflakes. (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

Photographer Don Komarechka says, “But I lost my childhood curiosity for snowflakes when I had to clear them by the trillions off my driveway.” (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

The Canadian said, “These photos were all taken 2 feet from my back door over the past two winters. (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

“I’ve always had an interest in macro photography and seeing these hidden details,” Komarechka says. (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

The brilliant macro shots were all taken by Komarechka, 31. (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

All these snowflakes are photographed on the same homemade black mitten as a background. (Photo: Don Komarechka/Caters News)

Amazing Photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Shortlist

As the drought in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park stretched on, the waterholes dwindled to pools. Flocks of Lilian’s lovebirds congregated together and when the coast was clear they descended to this pool. They shuffled forward, taking it in turns to drink and bathe, as if on a conveyor belt.

[Yahoo! News}- Majestic birds and colourful sea creatures are only some of the breathtaking animals to make the shortlist for the People’s Choice award in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year annual competition.

This year, almost 50,000 submissions from 92 countries were entered for the prestigious award.

The shortlisted images are currently on display at the highly-acclaimed exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, until the vote closes on 5 February 2018.

The winner of the vote will then be showcased until the exhibition closes on 28 May 2018.

The ‘People’s Choice’ annual award recognises exceptional competition entries as chosen by the public.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the longest-running competition of its kind.

The competition is a vital part of the Natural History Museum’s mission to inspire a love for the natural world and unlock answers to the big issues facing humanity and the planet.

As the drought in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park stretched on, the waterholes dwindled to pools. Flocks of Lilian’s lovebirds congregated together and when the coast was clear they descended to this pool. They shuffled forward, taking it in turns to drink and bathe, as if on a conveyor belt.

Lakshitha was on safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, when he spotted an unusual sight – a lilac-breasted roller riding a zebra. Normally they prefer to perch high up in the foliage, but this roller spent an hour or more riding around and enjoying the occasional insect meal. Lakshitha waited for the surrounding zebras to form the perfect background before taking this tight crop.

The Arctic is beautiful all year-round, but in the late winter, when temperatures reach -30 ̊C (-22 ̊F) and everything is white and the sun stays low on the horizon, it’s stunning. Josh was on a boat in a fjord across from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, and encountered this polar bear walking along the edge of the ice. She was curious, walking past the boat twice – just long enough for Josh to take a shot with her white coat glowing in the setting sun. After satisfying her curiosity, she silently walked off into the distance.

When polar bear mothers and cubs emerge from their dens in the early spring, the cubs stay close to their mothers for warmth and protection. Once the cubs are strong and confident enough, they make the trek to the sea ice with their mother so that she can resume hunting for seals. Debra waited six days near the den of this family, in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, before they finally emerged. In the most challenging conditions she has ever faced, temperatures ranged from – 35 ̊C (-31 ̊F) to -55 ̊C (-67 ̊F) with high winds, making it almost impossible to avoid frostbite and keep her camera gear functioning properly. (Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

Jan spotted this small southern whitefaced owl in a tree at a campsite in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. These owls have black-tipped ‘ear’ tufts and usually lay their eggs in the old nests of other birds. Jan was able to frame a shot of this striking bird looking down at him as it didn’t seem bothered by the comings and goings of the campsite.

Luciano had to climb the cecropia tree, in the protected Atlantic rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil, to take an eye-level shot of this three-toed sloth. Sloths like to feed on the leaves of these trees, and so they are often seen high up in the canopy.

Extraordinary Images of Some of the World’s Most Endangered Animals

Flach has constructed a powerful visual record of remarkable animals and ecosystems facing harsh challenges. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

[Yahoo! News}- Featuring animals from all around the world, Tim Flach’s latest book ‘endangered’ explores habitats on nearly every continent.

Often, Flach explores the close relationship between animals and humans, and in particular how humanity imposes and reveals its ideals when trying to understand and work with animals.

‘I feel this is the most complete book I have done and I feel very privileged to have done it,’ he said. ‘I do recall a photographer colleague of mine saying one never finishes a book one is only separated from it.

‘I wanted to draw out the character of my subjects. Clearly to do that with a bee or a tree frog eggs demanded an intimacy that can only be arrived at by a magnification, in this particular case times five, thereby showing detail that would not normally be visible with the naked eye.

‘Probably the most dramatic area [when putting together the book] was diving off the Galapagos islands while photographing Hammerhead sharks from 30m down. As a not highly experienced diver, the challenges of high currents and camera with underwater housing was a little bit stressful.

‘My next project is birds,’ he continued. ‘I want to photograph some of the most glamorous, beautiful birds – Birds of prey, Golden Pheasants, Bantoms and Macaws to celebrate the wonderment of birds.’

His other books include Equus, Dogs, Gods and More Than Human. Endangered is his fourth, and most ambitious, book.

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Flach has constructed a powerful visual record of remarkable animals and ecosystems facing harsh challenges. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

Tim travelled between forests to savannahs to the polar seas to the great coral reefs to complete the book. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

Tim Flach studied fine art at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design. He emerged with a fascination for photography which has since led to numerous commissions, awards, solo exhibitions, and a presence in permanent collections and publications around the world. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

Endangered unfolds as a series of vivid interconnected stories that pose gripping moral dilemmas, unforgettably expressed by more than 180 of Flach’s incredible images. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

The book took two years to put together, with six months of research first. (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)

Flach said: ‘I feel this is the most complete book I have done and I feel very privileged to have done it.’ (Tim Flach, from Endangered by Tim Flach)