June 16, 2008: Cloud Wake

xoxoxoBruce · 06-16-2008, 03:47 AM

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?

Sundae Girl · 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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

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

Quote:

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.

Kingswood · 07-18-2008, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coign

I think it spells something.

Sure does. sssssssssssssssss.

BigV · 07-18-2008, 02:52 PM

I think it spells %%%%%%

06-16-2008, 03:47 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	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? __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

06-16-2008, 04:50 AM	#2
Sundae Girl famously pink Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 10,630	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. __________________ "It's all energy give and take anyway." T E H Shaw

06-16-2008, 09:17 AM	#3
Coign Management Consultant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 165	I think it spells something. I can't quite make it out though. Maybe it is written in abu dhabi. __________________ I think wet dreams are actually God giving you a handjob for being so good.

06-16-2008, 10:01 AM	#4
Sheldonrs Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 2,576	Ever wonder if clouds look at US and wonder "Do they look like anything to you?". __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-16-2008, 10:12 AM	#5
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06-16-2008, 01:30 PM	#7
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 1,301	Clouds picked up water from island, now have Montezuma's revenge. __________________ Keep your corvines in the corbels.

07-10-2008, 04:25 AM	#9
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 761	????????????????????????????????????????

07-14-2008, 11:00 PM	#10
Gravdigr Lecturer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 927	???????????????????????????????????? __________________ Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'. Windows 7, you get busy dyin'. -Ellis Boyd Redding

07-15-2008, 05:10 AM	#11
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 761	Twas the spam. And some of the dumbest spam I've ever seen too. I was expecting to see a wake for a cloud.

07-17-2008, 11:21 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	Thanks to you, they now are, all IOtD. __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

07-18-2008, 02:52 PM	#15
BigV Polymath Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 10,253	I think it spells %%%%%% __________________ She blinded me with Science!

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