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: 34,002	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? __________________ You can't steer threads, you can only watch them drift.

06-16-2008, 09:17 AM	#3
Coign Abecedarian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 172	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: 2,634	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
Cloud still misses avatars Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 6,597	What?! I'm up, I'm up! . . . five more minutes, mom . . . __________________ "I do not like the Cone of Shame." blog:www.piercedconsumer.com

06-16-2008, 01:30 PM	#7
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 1,376	Clouds picked up water from island, now have Montezuma's revenge. __________________ Keep your corvines in the corbels.

06-16-2008, 04:50 AM	#2
Sundae Girl famously pink Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 11,303	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.

07-10-2008, 04:25 AM	#9
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 831	????????????????????????????????????????

07-14-2008, 11:00 PM	#10
Gravdigr Professor Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 1,185	???????????????????????????????????? __________________ Roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will.

07-15-2008, 05:10 AM	#11
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 831	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: 34,002	Thanks to you, they now are, all IOtD. __________________ You can't steer threads, you can only watch them drift.

07-18-2008, 02:52 PM	#15
BigV Polymath Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 10,273	I think it spells %%%%%% __________________ Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. -- Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and writer (121-180)

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