Giant Chinese dustball circles the Earth

telegraph.co.uk ^ | July 21, 2009 | Malcolm Moore

[Free ThinkerNY]

A giant Chinese dustball weighing hundreds of thousands of tons circled the world at high altitude in under two weeks, scientists have shown.

A group of Chinese and Japanese scientists claimed that the dustball, which weighed 800,000 tons, was kicked up during a storm in 2007 in the Taklamakan desert.

The desert, which is roughly the size of France, lies in China's far-Western Xinjiang province, and is fringed by mountains on three sides, including the Pamir mountains on the border with Afghanistan and the Karakoram range, an extension of the Himalayas.

The dust ball was formed when a wind storm ripped across the desert, kicking up the dust, and trapping it against the mountains of the Tibetan plateau.

The scientists said the dust was forced higher and higher into the air, until it reached an altitude of around 16,250ft. A warm convection flow then lofted it further to between 26,000 ft and 32,500 ft, well above cloud level.

[GeronL]

That helps cool the Earth, right?

Another factor that cannot be measured by the Global Hoaxers computer climate models.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“A giant Chinese dustball weighing hundreds of thousands of tons circled the world at high altitude in under two weeks, scientists have shown.”

Somebody is going to post a picture of Helen Thomas here and then I’m going to have this thread pulled....

;-)

[Signalman]

Gee, you mean Mother Nature did something and humans had no control over it? Astonishing.

[Jaxter]

Dustball? I’m more worried about a certain dirtball in Washington, DC.

[NormsRevenge]

maybe it will finally plug that darn ozone hole.

[Nuc1]

Right.

[SERKIT]

Since this was 2007, it must have been Bush’s fault.

[Bernard Marx]

Gee, you mean Mother Nature did something and humans had no control over it? Astonishing.

Don't worry. Algore and the UN are already writing regulations to make sure the planet does nothing that isn't under their direct control.

[BwanaNdege]

"A warm convection flow then lofted it further to between 26,000 ft and 32,500 ft, well above cloud level."

Me thinks that some knave has written "ft" when the correct unit of measurement should be meters.

Lots and lots of clouds above 26K feet and even 32.3K feet. However, not that many above 26K meters (85,301 ft).

[newheart]

Since this was 2007, it must have been Bush’s fault.

I inherited this dustball--Prezident Obie

[mad puppy]

That explains the top of my book shelf. Dang Communists.

[Larry Lucido]

Back in the ‘30s, we were able to create our own dust balls.

[SunkenCiv]

A group of Chinese and Japanese scientists claimed that the dustball, which weighed 800,000 tons, was kicked up during a storm in 2007 in the Taklamakan desert.

I've heard that Taklamakan translates as "you go in, you don't come out". :')

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[SunkenCiv]

Good title for a horror movie.

[John Leland 1789]

It’s sure better than their fish and crab balls.

[Krankor]

Um...I think I got one of those under my bed.

[nuconvert]

LoL I thought it said “giant cheese dustball” LOL

[BenLurkin]

Aren't we talking dust cloud here?

[aruanan]

Giant Chinese dustball circles the Earth

Wouldn't it be a dust-bar or a dust ling by now?