Arctic 70n 140e

arctic-70n-140e weather artwork
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Creative Rationale

Over the Arctic Ocean north of eastern Siberia, extreme cold meets saturated air in a landscape of ice and endless white. The very low pressure system creates a sense of atmospheric weight and density, while the minimal wind suggests an almost suspended quality to this frozen world. I've interpreted the extreme temperature anomaly through deep blues and purples contrasted with sharp whites, using Tannahill's layered approach to build texture that evokes both the crystalline structure of ice and the raw, gestural energy of arctic storms.

Atmospheric Data

Date
2026-03-16
Location
70°N, 140°E (Arctic 70n 140e)
Pressure
960.4 hPa (gradient: 13.76)
Wind
2.6 m/s from 234°
Temperature
-22.5°C (anomaly: 35.2°C)
Humidity
98%
Visual Interest Score
32.8

Technical Details

Model
AI (Sonnet 4) via Amazon Bedrock
Artist Inspiration
Lesley Tannahill
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
SVG (2048×2048 viewBox) + PNG
Generated
2026-03-16T17:28:00.269766+00:00
Compute
AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID
2026-03-16-172632
License: This artwork is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.

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