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xoxoxoBruce 06-16-2008 03:47 AM
June 16, 2008: Cloud Wake
 
This is a NASA photo of a cloud wake appearing on the downwind side of Isla Socorro, Mexico.
http://cellar.org/2008/A cloud wake.jpg

I wonder how high those clouds are above the water? I mean the island will obviously disturb the air flow around it, but I wonder how high above it?

Sundae 06-16-2008 04:50 AM
Oooooh!
Not a very clever response, but my honest one.

Thank goodness it's not your way of passing on horrible news.
I thought I was going to have to don my black suit and drink Guinness for a moment.

Coign 06-16-2008 09:17 AM
I think it spells something. I can't quite make it out though. Maybe it is written in abu dhabi.

Sheldonrs 06-16-2008 10:01 AM
Ever wonder if clouds look at US and wonder "Do they look like anything to you?".

Cloud 06-16-2008 10:12 AM
What?! I'm up, I'm up!

. . . five more minutes, mom . . .

Flint 06-16-2008 10:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 462699)
I mean the island will obviously disturb the air flow around it, but I wonder how high above it?
The clouds seem to follow a pattern of two colors mixing together in the water. I wonder if the water has two different temperatures, and the cloud formations are influenced by the temperature of the water underneath them.

Does the warmer water have an algae bloom that changes the color?

spudcon 06-16-2008 01:30 PM
Clouds picked up water from island, now have Montezuma's revenge.

Kasszia 06-17-2008 12:41 AM
Guinness
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 462701)
Oooooh!
Not a very clever response, but my honest one.

Thank goodness it's not your way of passing on horrible news.
I thought I was going to have to don my black suit and drink Guinness for a moment.
What do you mean HAVE to drink Guinness? ;) Shouldn't the proper terminology be, GET to drink Guinness?

By the way, IOTD, very impressive!

SPUCK 07-10-2008 04:25 AM
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Gravdigr 07-14-2008 11:00 PM
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SPUCK 07-15-2008 05:10 AM
Twas the spam. And some of the dumbest spam I've ever seen too.




I was expecting to see a wake for a cloud.

barefoot serpent 07-17-2008 02:08 PM
Karman vortices
 
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These magnificent swirling clouds are the result of a meteorological phenomenon known as the Karman vortex, a repeating pattern of spinning vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow over bluff bodies. They appeared over AlexanderSelkirk Island in the southern Pacific Ocean – off the coast of Chile – rising voluptuously from the surrounding waters and creating a stunning spiral effect.

and check out the rest of the 30 Best Landsat 7 images here. Each is worthy of IotD IMHO.

xoxoxoBruce 07-17-2008 11:21 PM
Thanks to you, they now are, all IOtD.:D

Kingswood 07-18-2008 01:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Coign (Post 462732)
I think it spells something.
Sure does. sssssssssssssssss.

BigV 07-18-2008 02:52 PM
I think it spells %%%%%%


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