{"id":8337,"date":"2021-07-01T15:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/01\/hail-possible\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:26:36","slug":"hail-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/01\/hail-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_8338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8338\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8338\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/01\/hail-possible\/img_5336\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1625166967&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_5336\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?fit=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=644%2C859&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=644%2C859&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5336-scaled.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1. 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