Posted on 11/14/2014 12:11:34 PM PST by Nachum
Scientists used to think that things were pretty chill over in the south hemisphere of Uranus. In fact, they thought it was one of the calmest regions of any of the gas giants. But in analyzing images taken nearly three decades ago by NASA's Voyager-2 spacecraft, researchers think they've found a kerfuffle of activity which might indicate that there's something unusual about the planet's interior.
If you look at these old photos of Uranus, the planet appears to be a stark, featureless ball. And even to scientists, who were able to identify more lively features of the gas giant, it was still considered pretty bland.
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Best MSM headline I’ve seen since back in the 80’s when some guys on a Greenpeace anti-whaling boat were detained in the Soviet Union and the Mayor of Nome, Alaska got sent over to bring them back.
Headline in the Pittsburgh P-G:
“Release of Seamen Expected”
Wrecked ‘em?
Darn neart kilt him!
I had a schoolteacher who pronounced it “urine us”. Not much better, I’d try yuh-RAN-us.
Hey, no dirty pictures!
some of us refuse to grow up completely. there’s that little bit of toilet humor we have to hang on to or we just don’t feel right about life
You don't have to convince me as you can see it everywhere today.
The only close-to-neutral pronunciation of the name of the seventh planet seems to be, “Your Rawness”.
That doesn’t help either, does it?
;^)
The PC crowd and the Liberals are going to be miffed at you guys for dissing their Home Planet!
No Myanus isn’t.
Uranus looks like Barny Franks mouth.
GMTA, LOL. That one still makes me laugh every time.
That picture would give credence to the theory that your body will take on physical characteristics that mirror your personality.
If you like Uranus, you get to keep Uranus. Period.
I understand there is support in Congress for a bill renaming Uranus and calling it “Obama.”
You could see that from Uranus with binoculars.
As everyone who watched StarTrek knows, klingons appear around uranus and can be difficult to remove.
-——Why did they have to name this planet your anus?——
because Saturn was already taken
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