{"id":1787060,"date":"2019-01-31T18:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787060"},"modified":"2019-01-31T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:11:01","slug":"the-polar-vortex-visualized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/the-polar-vortex-visualized\/","title":{"rendered":"The Polar Vortex, Visualized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/144489\/arctic-weather-plunges-into-north-america\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1787061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/the-polar-vortex-visualized\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nasa-eo-polar-vortex\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex-288x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1787061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nasa-eo-polar-vortex-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/144489\/arctic-weather-plunges-into-north-america\">NASA Earth Observatory maps<\/a> the bitterly cold temperatures resulting from cold air pushed southwards by an unstable polar vortex. The maps and animations are by Earth Observatory&#8217;s lead cartographer, Joshua Stevens. On Twitter he posted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jscarto\/status\/1090993304639062019\">a companion visualization<\/a>\u00a0showing\u00a0what&#8217;s happening on the other side of the planet, where a searing heat wave is blistering Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile on the other side of the planet ?, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASA<\/a> ?\ufe0f data shows <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a>&#39;s daytime temperatures are soaring (\u226540 \u00b0C) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hvBuEez4G6\">pic.twitter.com\/hvBuEez4G6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jscarto\/status\/1090993304639062019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Earth Observatory maps the bitterly cold temperatures resulting from cold air pushed southwards by an unstable polar vortex. The maps and animations are by Earth Observatory&#8217;s lead cartographer, Joshua Stevens. On Twitter he posted&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/the-polar-vortex-visualized\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11,12,160],"class_list":["post-1787060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-earth-observatory","tag-nasa","tag-temperature","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3790,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/01\/mapping-arctic-warming\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787060,"position":0},"title":"Mapping Arctic Warming","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 January 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"At All Over the Map, Betsy Mason posts 11 Ways to See How Climate Change Is Imperilling the Arctic, a collection of maps and infographics depicting several different indicators of\u00a0global warming, including\u00a0sea ice extent, atmospheric temperatures, growing season, polar bear populations, as well as projected shipping routes for an ice-free\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/thermokarst.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/thermokarst.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/thermokarst.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/thermokarst.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789103,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/nasa-maps-the-damage-from-the-beirut-explosion\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787060,"position":1},"title":"NASA Maps the Damage from the Beirut Explosion","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 August 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"NASA has released a map of the likely extent of damage from Tuesday\u2019s explosion in Beirut. 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