Monday 2 November 2009

Snow in Greece

Whenever the majority of people in the UK think of Greece, they think only of sun, sea and sand.....few realise that Greece has snow fields.

Some of the first snows came last night, whilst media reports first snows in Drama fell last night, the photo shows this mornings web cam taken at 0940hrs of Kelaria. Started in 1999, Snow Cam of Parnassos Ski Resort in Greece is considered to be one of the oldest Snow Cams in the world. Above left is a animation gif of 10 shots of 60 sec time difference updated daily. Installation altitude: 1950m. The snap shots and weather readings are taken every 60 mins during the winter season.

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