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Uranus auroras glimpsed from Earth
http://phys.org ^ | 04-13-2012 | Provided by American Geophysical Union

Posted on 04/13/2012 2:26:59 PM PDT by Red Badger

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This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986. Image: NASA

Auroras (pictured as white spots) flare on Uranus in November 2011.

Image courtesy Laurent Lamy

1 posted on 04/13/2012 2:27:04 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

*popcorn*


2 posted on 04/13/2012 2:30:07 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Red Badger
fire fart1
3 posted on 04/13/2012 2:30:29 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (Islam...Imperialism in a turban.)
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To: Red Badger

The thread is doomed but I’ll BTT it anyway.


4 posted on 04/13/2012 2:33:58 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

The thread title is too dangerouse. It could lead to banning.


5 posted on 04/13/2012 2:34:53 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1/21/2009)
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To: Red Badger

Oh man! Gotta lay off the chili. Sorry ‘bout that.


6 posted on 04/13/2012 2:36:31 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Red Badger
Nope, sorry. Too easy.

CC

7 posted on 04/13/2012 2:36:43 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Q: how did you find America? A: turn left at Greenland)
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To: Red Badger

...just here for the off-color jokes. Proceed...


8 posted on 04/13/2012 2:39:02 PM PDT by FightforFreedomCA (I WILL be voting on November 6th to evict the current pResident.)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks to scientist, Ben Dover for his discovery.


9 posted on 04/13/2012 2:39:45 PM PDT by Autonomous User ( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
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To: Red Badger

It does have a certain glow to it.


10 posted on 04/13/2012 2:41:52 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The democratic party is the greatest cargo cult in history.)
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To: Billthedrill

I’m gonna KIFFR


11 posted on 04/13/2012 2:42:41 PM PDT by Larry R. Johnson (Power to the people!)
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To: ResponseAbility

Rimfire ammo??


12 posted on 04/13/2012 2:42:54 PM PDT by goseminoles
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13 posted on 04/13/2012 2:43:15 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Autonomous User

I think his sister Eileen Dover helped.


14 posted on 04/13/2012 2:44:06 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The democratic party is the greatest cargo cult in history.)
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To: ResponseAbility

“the magnetosphere of Uranus is very poorly known,”

I tend to agree..


15 posted on 04/13/2012 2:44:50 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Red Badger
"Go ahead, say it, I dare you! You KNOW you want to!"
16 posted on 04/13/2012 2:45:27 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Red Badger
Didn't you hear? Obowmao said spouses are off limits!

Leave Moochelle alone!

17 posted on 04/13/2012 2:45:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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Larry King topic


18 posted on 04/13/2012 2:47:05 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (you are paying 12% more for fuel because of Ethanol. Smile big Corn Lobby,)
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To: Red Badger

My college astronomy teacher pronpunced Uranus as (Your uh nuss).


19 posted on 04/13/2012 2:47:57 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: SparkyBass

Fry: Did you build the Smelloscope?

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: No, I remembered that I’d built one last year. Go ahead, try it. You’ll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent. Here, I’ll point it at Jupiter.

Fry: Smells like strawberries.

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Exactly. And now, Saturn.

Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great... hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus.

Leela: I don’t get it.

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you.

Fry: No, no, I, I think I’ll just smell around a bit over here.


20 posted on 04/13/2012 2:48:37 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("If he ate a skittle you must vote acquittal." ©Jeff Chandler 2012, All rights reserved.)
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