2010-04-03 01:48:51frank

[日本] 今年的櫻花盛開早了六天

在許多談到櫻花的部落格中都宣稱今年(台灣)的櫻花開早了,但就自己這兩年多來在台北的觀察,大慨早了一周左右,並沒有像多數網友或部落客所宣稱的提早很多。日本的氣象學家宣稱:今年東京櫻花滿開的時間較諸以往早了六日。這與我在台北的觀察頗為吻合。

Japanese macaques blasphemously devour cherry blossoms at Tokyo's Ueno zoo on 29 March. Japan's meteorological agency announced thatcherry trees bloomed across the Tokyo area six days earlier thanprevious years


Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/apr/01/week-in-wildlife?picture=361062379


上圖為三月29日東京上野動物園的日本獼猴,對照下表,可以發現那櫻花已經過了開始凋零,進入已長葉的階段了。




The photo and the story were taken from the website of The Guardian.  The copyright remains with its original owners.  The author of the story and photo as well as The Guardian are not involved with, nor endorse the production of this blog.