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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia
NASA ^
| August 24, 2011
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 08/24/2011 2:01:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight was noticed by chance by a photographer in Ethiopia. A more detailed picture of the same cloud shows not only many colors, but unusual dark and wavy bands whose origins are thought related to wave disturbances in the cloud.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; ethiopia; science
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posted on
08/24/2011 2:01:43 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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08/24/2011 2:05:19 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
That’s gay.
(Sorry, I had to say it)
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08/24/2011 2:19:14 AM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: SunkenCiv
Now wouldn’t that just trip ya’ out if you seen it coming your way?
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08/24/2011 2:21:24 AM PDT
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Bullish
(Recovery won't begin until Obama loses HIS job.)
To: fieldmarshaldj; Bullish
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08/24/2011 2:33:51 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Why did the poofs and the race hustlers have to steal OUR purty rainbow ?
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posted on
08/24/2011 2:39:30 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: SunkenCiv
Obama in the sky with diamonds...
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posted on
08/24/2011 3:00:45 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Bullish
If the photo captures a true color ...
Yeah .. I'd stare long enough to see if it was "advancing" or not.
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posted on
08/24/2011 3:22:52 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Truth29
Yes, but did anyone see unicorns?
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posted on
08/24/2011 3:32:25 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(O assumes the trappings of the presidency, not its mantle. He is not presidential.)
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me of the first chapter of Ezekiel.
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posted on
08/24/2011 3:39:50 AM PDT
by
ixtl
(You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
To: SunkenCiv
Cloaking device malfunction?
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posted on
08/24/2011 4:05:21 AM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: Waverunner
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posted on
08/24/2011 4:16:22 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: SunkenCiv
Only natural that viewed from where it was, it would be colored.
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08/24/2011 4:22:03 AM PDT
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tdscpa
To: SunkenCiv
Expect to see this posted on some rapture thread either as a herald of the coming pre-trib rapture or as a satanic counterfeit harbinger designed to lull people into a BLGT-oriented cult.
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08/24/2011 5:12:16 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
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08/24/2011 6:09:01 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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08/24/2011 6:59:03 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: SunkenCiv
That’s amazing and beautiful, Civ.
Rainbows are always so eye catching and attractive, and the stark contrast between the two clouds makes the photo even more striking.
Lovely.
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08/24/2011 7:01:17 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: SunkenCiv
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08/24/2011 7:03:28 AM PDT
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ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: TheOldLady
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08/24/2011 7:40:23 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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