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Old 06-16-2008, 02:47 AM   #1
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June 16, 2008: Cloud Wake

This is a NASA photo of a cloud wake appearing on the downwind side of Isla Socorro, Mexico.


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?
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Old 06-16-2008, 03:50 AM   #2
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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.
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:17 AM   #3
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I think it spells something. I can't quite make it out though. Maybe it is written in abu dhabi.
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Old 06-16-2008, 09:01 AM   #4
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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?
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Old 06-16-2008, 12:30 PM   #7
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Clouds picked up water from island, now have Montezuma's revenge.
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Old 06-16-2008, 11:41 PM   #8
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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!
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Old 07-15-2008, 04:10 AM   #11
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Twas the spam. And some of the dumbest spam I've ever seen too.




I was expecting to see a wake for a cloud.
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Old 07-17-2008, 01:08 PM   #12
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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.

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Old 07-17-2008, 10:21 PM   #13
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Old 07-18-2008, 12:37 AM   #14
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Sure does. sssssssssssssssss.
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