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Tropical South America

15°S, 70°W · Helen Frankenthaler · 2026-09-16

Tropical South America weather art after Helen Frankenthaler
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Creative rationale

Over the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, where the Andes meet the Amazon basin, an unusual atmospheric pattern emerges with extremely low pressure and cold temperatures creating a stark, ethereal landscape. The minimal wind and moderate humidity suggest a stillness where translucent color fields can pool and settle, while the temperature anomaly creates a tension between warm and cool tones bleeding into each other. The absence of precipitation allows for more defined staining patterns rather than heavy pooling, with colors soaking through like watercolor on wet paper.

Atmospheric data

Date
2026-09-16
Location
15°S, 70°W (Tropical South America)
Pressure
624.2 hPa (gradient: 350.57)
Wind
1.9 m/s from 9°
Temperature
5.5°C (anomaly: 12°C)
Humidity
63%
Visual Interest Score
46.9

Technical details

Model
FLUX.1-dev + custom LoRA (Black Forest Labs)
Artist Inspiration
Helen Frankenthaler
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
PNG (FLUX.1-dev + custom LoRA)
Generated
2026-09-16T06:02:38.697367+00:00
Run ID
2026-09-16-060044

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.