Spectacular NASA/ISS and USAF Photos of the Day: Huge, Gorgeous Clouds March & Roll Across the Sky

ChamorroBible.org ^ | August 20, 2007 (NASA/ISS); October 4, 2006 (USAF) | NASA/ISS and USAF

[EnjoyingLife]

The first photo, one of five for this scene snapped on 2007 August 20, is via the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 15). The second picture was taken at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (Niagara Falls Air Base), New York on 2006 October 4. More information, especially for that top (NASA/ISS) photo, at http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20061021.htm

[EnjoyingLife]

This ISS/NASA photo, a Pacific Ocean sunset, is worth another look:
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855455/posts

[Lost Dutchman]

How can anyone look at this beauty and not believe in God?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Bkmarked. Thanks.

[AmericaUnited]

How can anyone look at this beauty and not believe in God?

Because they're insane enough to think Darwin was a better artist???...

[SkyPilot]

How can anyone look at this beauty and not believe in God?

Because by denying Him, they think they don't have to be accountable to Him.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I agree, but I think many people don’t ‘believe’ because they can’t accept the exact rigidly defined ‘God’ they’ve been exposed to. We can look at those same posted pictures and ask how anyone can look at that sky and not know that God is so much greater than we can rigidly define or understand as human beings.

[backhoe]

How can anyone look at this beauty and not believe in God?

Good question. Back in the days when I was a professional singer
( Yes, I got paid to do it, no, I don't look like a choir singer- more like a pirate... )

this was one of my favorite pieces:

For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.

Refrain

Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.

Refrain

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.

Refrain

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.

Refrain

For Thy Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.

Refrain

For the martyrs’ crown of light,
For Thy prophets’ eagle eye,
For Thy bold confessors’ might,
For the lips of infancy.

Refrain

For Thy virgins’ robes of snow,
For Thy maiden mother mild,
For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesu, Victim undefiled.

Refrain

For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.

Refrain

[Thermalseeker]

Check out the Cloud Appreciation Society for lots of great cloud photo's:

http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

[Northern Yankee]

Great song!

Good Morning.

[21stCenturion]

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[backhoe]

Howdy, NY... I seem to recall singing a variant of this:

Refrain

Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

As:

Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our joyous hymn of praise.

It's a nice, happy piece of music.

[Northern Yankee]

We sing it from time to time during Mass.

Great pictures.

[shekkian]

Yep, these are going on the fridge.

[ops33]

Aircraft appears to be the left wing, and number 1 and 2 engine, of a KC-135.

[LiteKeeper]

later