{"id":2469,"date":"2014-10-13T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2014-10-13\/2469"},"modified":"2014-10-13T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:23:20","slug":"bland-pre-typhoon-views-of-the-sky-from-kyoto-to-hiroshima-at-300kph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2014-10-13\/2469","title":{"rendered":"Bland Pre-Typhoon Views of the Sky from Kyoto to Hiroshima, at 300kph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPulling Out From Kyoto Station<\/span>\nview from a south-bound bullet train — 71 kph\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

As I mentioned<\/span>\nyesterday<\/a>, with a typhoon<\/span> expected to reach the main island of Japan on\nMonday, we make a quick<\/span> Saturday\/Sunday trip south to Hiroshima and\nMiyajima. The approaching<\/span> typhoon made for an interesting sky, with a very<\/span>\nhigh cloud ceiling, in different patterns.<\/p>\n\n

Photos of the sky from the train window are pretty bland, but perhaps of interest to someone who has never been to Japan.<\/p>\n\n

\u3053\u306e\u9593\u306e\u571f\u66dc\u65e5\u3001<\/span>\u4eac\u90fd<\/span>\u304b\u3089\u5bae\u5cf6<\/span>\u307e\u3067\u306e\u7a7a\u666f\u8272\u3002<\/span>\u5199\u771f<\/span>\u306f\u3064\u307e\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u65e5\u672c<\/span>\u306b\u6765\u3089\u308c\u3066\u306a\u3044\u65b9\u306b\u306f\u9762\u767d<\/span>\u3044\u304b\u3082\u3002<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRice and River<\/span>\nan extremely typical view — Akashi City — 273 kph (170 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nClouds in Himeji<\/span>\n295 kph (183 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/20, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCruising Speed<\/span>\n300 kph (186 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/16, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWrong<\/span>\n300kph, not 312 kph\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

In the split second after we came out of a tunnel,<\/span> the GPS unit was confused about the speed. It quickly<\/span> returned to 300kph.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/16, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRural Kurashiki, Okayama<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/16, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPulling Into Fukuyama Station<\/span>\n269 kph\nwhen I see a super-high cloud ceiling like this, I get excited<\/span> for the sunset possabilities\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPulling Into Hiroshima Station<\/span>\nyes, that's a Costco next to the baseball stadium — 103 kph\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOutside Hiroshima Station<\/span>\nweird art thing shows the spotty clouds — 0 kph\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

After a lunch (that will eventually be its own blog post), we took a streetcar<\/span> for 15 minutes...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFormer Downtown Hiroshima<\/span>\nnow a park\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Then a taxi ride another 20 minutes south, and then...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nView from the Ferry<\/span>\non the 10-minute ride between the mainland and Miyajima\na less-dramatic view than I posted<\/span> seven years ago<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nView from Our Hotel<\/span>\nKinsuikan Hotel in Miyajima (\u5bae\u5cf6<\/span>\u306e\u9326\u6c34\u9928)<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nKids Playing at Low Tide<\/span>\nin a few hours, the water will be four times their height\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWalkable (Sort Of)<\/span>\nItsukushima Shrine (\u53b3\u5cf6\u795e\u793e)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

One's got to be careful where one walks, because if there's vegetation, you can't tell at a glance<\/span> whether it's\njust over hard-packed dirt, or over a mushy<\/span> layer of water. In this case<\/span>, a kid<\/span> answered the question for me:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

A few minutes before sunset, color started appearing to the west..<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 180 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFirst Colors<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

As I posted yesterday, it eventually got pretty nice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Two days later, the typhoon is almost here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Posts about the trip to Miyajima are continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned yesterday, with a typhoon expected to reach the main island of Japan on Monday, we make a quick Saturday\/Sunday trip south to Hiroshima and Miyajima. The approaching typhoon made for an interesting sky, with a very high cloud ceiling, in different patterns.<\/p>

Photos of the sky from the train window are pretty bland, but perhaps of interest to someone who has never been to Japan.<\/p>

\u3053\u306e\u9593\u306e\u571f\u66dc\u65e5\u3001\u4eac\u90fd\u304b\u3089\u5bae\u5cf6\u307e\u3067\u306e\u7a7a\u666f\u8272\u3002\u5199\u771f\u306f\u3064\u307e\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u6765\u3089\u308c\u3066\u306a\u3044\u65b9\u306b\u306f\u9762\u767d\u3044\u304b\u3082\u3002<\/p>

In the split second after we came out of a tunnel, the GPS unit was confused about the speed. It quickly returned to 300kph.<\/p>

After a lunch (that will eventually be [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}