A. Wilbur’s Reviews > The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills > Status Update
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smelling smoke on a cold morning - temperature inversion - creates a sandwich effect warm air trapping cold air below - sound,light,radio waves bounce the top of the cold layer and the ground. Things in the distance look like they are floating, - optical illusion - Fata morgana, possible to pick up radio waves 100’s of miles away, flash of green at moment of sunset.
— Nov 16, 2025 08:10PM
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north sides of hills - more evidence of glaciers
south sides of hillside - more vegetation, snow lines, tree lines, and habitation will reach slightly higher. plants germinate 4 days prior on this side
slopes faces prevailing wind have thinner soil and shorter trees than sheltered ones.
— Nov 16, 2025 08:56PM
south sides of hillside - more vegetation, snow lines, tree lines, and habitation will reach slightly higher. plants germinate 4 days prior on this side
slopes faces prevailing wind have thinner soil and shorter trees than sheltered ones.
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rayleigh effect - why the sky is blue and the horizon always appears a shade closer to white
— Nov 16, 2025 08:18PM
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rayleigh scattering - atmospheric optical effect - the further away things are, the lighter they will appear. the closer mountain to you is darker, the one behind it is lighter
— Nov 16, 2025 08:17PM
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Highest point on a hill or mountains there will be surveyors’ trig point - trigonomerical station, in good visibility you should be able to spot at least 2 others on high points in the distance.
— Nov 16, 2025 08:13PM
