North America 45n 120w

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Creative Rationale

This location sits over the interior Pacific Northwest of North America, likely above the Cascade Range in Washington or Oregon where mountainous terrain creates dramatic atmospheric conditions. The extremely cold temperature anomaly of -3.4K with a significant positive deviation from normal, combined with moderate humidity and gentle northwest winds, suggests a high-altitude winter environment with crisp, clear conditions. I'll interpret this through Riley's early black-and-white optical vocabulary, using the light wind speed to create slow, wide undulations that flow diagonally from northwest to southeast, with the moderate pressure gradient translating to evenly spaced parallel lines that create subtle optical vibration effects.

Atmospheric Data

Date: 2026-04-17
Location: 45°N, 120°W (North America 45n 120w)
Pressure: 864.8 hPa (gradient: 109.04)
Wind: 2.2 m/s from 291°
Temperature: -3.4°C (anomaly: 17.7°C)
Humidity: 69%
Visual Interest Score: 29.1

Technical Details

Model: Flux 1.1 Pro (Black Forest Labs)
Artist Inspiration: Bridget Riley
Weather Source: Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format: PNG 8K (Flux 1.1 Pro → Real-ESRGAN 4× → Clarity 2×) + SVG vector interpretation
Generated: 2026-04-17T06:20:09.263020+00:00
Compute: AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID: 2026-04-17-060044

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.