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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Unusual Clouds over Hong Kong
NASA ^
| March 02, 2016
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 03/02/2016 1:08:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Image Credit & Copyright: Explanation: What's that in the sky? Earlier this month, in the sky high above Hong Kong, China, not just one unusual type of cloud appeared -- but two. In the foreground was a long lenticular cloud, a cloud that forms near mountains from uprising air and might appear to some as an alien spaceship. Higher in the sky, and further in the background, was a colorful iridescent cloud. Iridescent clouds are composed of water droplets of similar size that diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. Furthest in the background is the Sun, blocked from direct view by the opaque lenticular, but providing the light for the colors of the iridescent. Either type of cloud is unusual to see in Hong Kong, and unfortunately, after only a few minutes, both were gone.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; hongkongphooey; science
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[Credit and Copyright: Alfred Lee]
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:08:55 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; disndat; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Pardon my typo up in the topic message. BTW, this is a sucky terrestrial shot, IMHO, but the Big One is over 5700 pixels wide, probably more than adequate for multi-monitor users.
The Big One
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:10:30 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
The lowest cloud is a sea turtle. How common is that in Hong Kong?
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:15:42 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: SunkenCiv
Cool! Global varming effects, no doubt -; .
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:19:33 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t want to say it’s aliens, but...
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:20:25 PM PST
by
JimRed
(Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
To: TigersEye
Dark Cloud looks like Martian hover tank from War of the Worlds.
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:21:08 PM PST
by
Mat_Helm
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:23:02 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: TigersEye
As these creatures evolve they will become vicious and dangerous to humans. I expect that many people will be killed in revenge killings over CO2 and global warming.
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:24:23 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:28:28 PM PST
by
patriot08
(5th generation Texan ...(girl type))
To: SunkenCiv
Sky surfin....waves are waves man, take em where we get em.
Monin–Obukhov similarity theory
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:32:32 PM PST
by
wxgesr
(I wanna be the first person to surf on another planet....)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:32:34 PM PST
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave)
To: Mat_Helm
I noticed that too! Taken as a whole I think it’s a Skyroglyphic.
What does it mean???
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:32:50 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: TigersEye
Bunch of dolphins saying “So long, and thanks for all the fish!”
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:33:25 PM PST
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave)
To: Haiku Guy
So we’re gonna get that infrastructure upgrade sooner than we thought!?
Grab your towel.
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:36:41 PM PST
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TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: mountainlion
Ah, that’s what it means.
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:37:28 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: TigersEye
Probably not much. They eat anything...............
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:43:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: SunkenCiv
You can
Photoshop® him out, but I'd know that hair anywhere...
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:44:39 PM PST
by
FredZarguna
(Billy was a simple country boy. You might say a cockeyed optimist...)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:48:02 PM PST
by
NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: FredZarguna
Oh, no, there goes Hong Kong too!
Go go Trumpzilla!
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:49:56 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: FredZarguna
Yes, best hair in the political arena, envy of millions.
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posted on
03/02/2016 2:09:58 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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