Arctic 60n 130w

arctic-60n-130w weather artwork
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Creative Rationale

Above the Canadian Arctic archipelago in the Beaufort Sea region, where extreme cold meets high humidity in a landscape of ice and tundra. The extraordinarily low temperature of 1 Kelvin drives a stark black-and-white optical composition reminiscent of Riley's early geometric work, while the gentle wind speed creates slow, wide undulations that flow from southwest to northeast. The high pressure gradient translates into tightly packed parallel lines that seem to vibrate and pulse across the arctic expanse.

Atmospheric Data

Date
2026-04-30
Location
60°N, 130°W (Arctic 60n 130w)
Pressure
898 hPa (gradient: 77.23)
Wind
1.8 m/s from 218°
Temperature
1°C (anomaly: 14.8°C)
Humidity
95%
Visual Interest Score
30.3

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
2026-04-30T06:16:38.020213+00:00
Compute
AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID
2026-04-30-060044
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.

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