October 31, 2006: Purging the queue!

Undertoad · 10-31-2006, 12:30 PM

A severe buildup of older IotD images that for whatever reason didn't make the regular cut. Some of these you may consider IotD worthy anyway, so here goes:

We already had the blue lobster AND the half-blue lobster, but another one did turn up and is a pretty nice shot, so here it is. Somebody eat it already.

In Wales there is a annual competition called bog snorkeling. But IotD already covered it in 2002.

Axlrosen sent along this "grill for cats" that someone developed. It had a legitimate dental purpose, supposedly, but do we really want to promote this sort of thing with its own IotD? I think not.

An overloaded train in Bangladesh. Not worthy because there are still a few places where people could clearly hang on. There are only a few people hanging on outside of windows. Slackers!

I keep not posting it because I lost the info connected to it, and I'm too lazy to figure out which APoD it was. Somebody else fetch the details, please - I think it's UV ray traces from the sun.

Spexxvet · 10-31-2006, 12:52 PM

In the train photo, I see my Uncle Frank - he's the 346th one from the left.

Elspode · 10-31-2006, 01:12 PM

The round one could be an IR scan of Goatse Man...

Spexxvet · 10-31-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

The round one could be an IR scan of Goatse Man...

So that's what gerbils look like in IR!

9th Engineer · 10-31-2006, 01:38 PM

Good to know, we could never get them to hold still long enough in the machine

xoxoxoBruce · 10-31-2006, 02:03 PM

The Sun http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060710.html

Explanation: Is this our Sun? Yes. Even on a normal day, our Sun is sizzling ball of seething hot gas. Unpredictably, regions of strong and tangled magnetic fields arise, causing sunspots and bright active regions. The Sun's surface bubbles as hot hydrogen gas streams along looping magnetic fields. These active regions channel gas along magnetic loops, usually falling back but sometimes escaping into the solar corona or out into space as the solar wind. Pictured above is our Sun in three colors of ultraviolet light. Since only active regions emit significant amounts of energetic ultraviolet light, most of the Sun appears dark. The colorful portions glow spectacularly, pinpointing the Sun's hottest and most violent regions. Although the Sun is constantly changing, the rate of visible light it emits has been relatively stable over the past five billion years, allowing life to emerge on Earth.

Ibby · 10-31-2006, 02:03 PM

Man, whatever it is, it's trippy as fuck...

Sheldonrs · 10-31-2006, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The Sun http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060710.html

Explanation: Is this our Sun? Yes. Even on a normal day, our Sun is sizzling ball of seething hot gas.

That also describes most of the Senate candidates next week.

CaliforniaMama · 10-31-2006, 04:53 PM

I think the kitty with the grill should have come first since it is Halloween . . .

At least the grill looks more well-placed than the hippos . . .

Aliantha · 10-31-2006, 10:09 PM

That's one fucking big yabby!

SPUCK · 11-01-2006, 04:29 AM

What the train hasn't hit another one yet? Or fallen over? Or gone down with all hands?

Yes! A foreign land devoid of lawyers..

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2006, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

We already had the blue lobster AND the half-blue lobster, but another one did turn up and is a pretty nice shot, so here it is. Somebody eat it already.

Hey, show some respect, man. It's clearly the PSU Nittany Lobster*.

* PSU (Pennsylvania State University) main campus was built in a valley of the Nittany mountains. Their mascot is a mountain lion called the Nittany Lion and their colors are blue and white.

10-31-2006, 12:30 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 31, 2006: Purging the queue! A severe buildup of older IotD images that for whatever reason didn't make the regular cut. Some of these you may consider IotD worthy anyway, so here goes: We already had the blue lobster AND the half-blue lobster, but another one did turn up and is a pretty nice shot, so here it is. Somebody eat it already. In Wales there is a annual competition called bog snorkeling. But IotD already covered it in 2002. Axlrosen sent along this "grill for cats" that someone developed. It had a legitimate dental purpose, supposedly, but do we really want to promote this sort of thing with its own IotD? I think not. An overloaded train in Bangladesh. Not worthy because there are still a few places where people could clearly hang on. There are only a few people hanging on outside of windows. Slackers! I keep not posting it because I lost the info connected to it, and I'm too lazy to figure out which APoD it was. Somebody else fetch the details, please - I think it's UV ray traces from the sun.

10-31-2006, 12:52 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	In the train photo, I see my Uncle Frank - he's the 346th one from the left. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-31-2006, 01:12 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The round one could be an IR scan of Goatse Man... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-31-2006, 01:38 PM	#5
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Good to know, we could never get them to hold still long enough in the machine __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

10-31-2006, 02:03 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Sun http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060710.html Explanation: Is this our Sun? Yes. Even on a normal day, our Sun is sizzling ball of seething hot gas. Unpredictably, regions of strong and tangled magnetic fields arise, causing sunspots and bright active regions. The Sun's surface bubbles as hot hydrogen gas streams along looping magnetic fields. These active regions channel gas along magnetic loops, usually falling back but sometimes escaping into the solar corona or out into space as the solar wind. Pictured above is our Sun in three colors of ultraviolet light. Since only active regions emit significant amounts of energetic ultraviolet light, most of the Sun appears dark. The colorful portions glow spectacularly, pinpointing the Sun's hottest and most violent regions. Although the Sun is constantly changing, the rate of visible light it emits has been relatively stable over the past five billion years, allowing life to emerge on Earth. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-31-2006, 02:03 PM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Man, whatever it is, it's trippy as fuck... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-31-2006, 04:53 PM	#9
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	I think the kitty with the grill should have come first since it is Halloween . . . At least the grill looks more well-placed than the hippos . . .

10-31-2006, 10:09 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's one fucking big yabby! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-01-2006, 04:29 AM	#11
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	What the train hasn't hit another one yet? Or fallen over? Or gone down with all hands? Yes! A foreign land devoid of lawyers..

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