Weird Weather Pix

by **nomo** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:11 pm

Just goes to show that Nature itself is quite capable of creating the strangest "phenomena." <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/images/060619-rainbow-fire_big.jpg"/> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html">news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html</a> June 19, 2006—It looks like a rainbow that's been set on fire, but this phenomenon is as cold as ice. Known in the weather world as a circumhorizontal arc, this rare sight was caught on film on June 3 as it hung over northern Idaho near the Washington State border (map of Idaho). The arc isn't a rainbow in the traditional sense—it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very high in the sky (more than 58° above the horizon). What's more, the hexagonal ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds must be shaped like thick plates with their faces parallel to the ground. When light enters through a vertical side face of such an ice crystal and leaves from the bottom face, it refracts, or bends, in the same way that light passes through a prism. If a cirrus's crystals are aligned just right, the whole cloud lights up in a spectrum of colors. This particular arc spanned several hundred square miles of sky and lasted for about an hour, according to the London Daily Mail. <img src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-06/wave-cloud-over-iowa.jpg"/> <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/27/weird-wave-clouds/">www.neatorama.com/2006/06/27/weird-wave-clouds/</a> A weird weather phenomenon made the skies over Eastern Iowa looks like a scene right out of the sci-fi movie "Independence Day". Local TV station KCRG reports:  I thought I was going to see alien spaceships come down through the clouds," said Casey Dunagan. Some say it looked like a scene from the movie “Independence Day.” Others had more down-to-earth descriptions. It almost reminded me of ocean waves rolling in," said Suzanne Staab. I thought it looked like a nice frothy cream on a latté," said Robin Morris.

by **friend catcher** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:25 pm

That second photo is exactly what we had here in Scotland last night, but being high in the hills it was even more panoramic. must have been special as an ancient old farmer commented on it this morning. Everything is changing so fast, birds appearing that no one has ever seen before, flowers and weeds that don't belong here, frost in late May anf 20c in December. <img src="http://www.urban75.org/blog/images/cloud.jpg" style="border:0;"/> This was also noticed last week in London Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=friendcatcher>friend catcher</A> at: 6/30/06 5:27 pm

by **Mentalgongfu** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:37 pm

This is photo I took last Tuesday (June 22) of storm clouds over DeWitt Iowa. It is the same front pictured in the Cedar Rapids photo already posted here. Never seen anything like it before. <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6764/1370/1600/PICT0150.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

by **Mentalgongfu** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:32 pm

Here's another one, looking the other direction. Might put a few more on my blog, which is my moniker at blogspot.com, just in case you're interested. The place is rather dusty right now, but there's a decent archive. Like Jeff, I've had a few blogger troubles here and there. <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6764/1370/1600/PICT0152.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

by **Seamus OBlimey** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:05 pm

I have hundreds of pics of weird weather.. mostly chemtrails.. but am having no luck posting pics here. Do I need to post them elsewhere then link? I thought I'd posted a pic here before but maybe I was confused.. I often am. I used to think chemtrails were worth shooting and documenting but now they're so common that the commoners think they're natural. When I point them out they think I'M crazy. Does anyone know the earliest occurences? I've heard late 90s but I remember wondering what those stripes were in the early 90s around the time of Iraq War 1. I assumed it was war traffic as most of it was from NW to SE (over UK) as much of it is now. I know it's a wild idea but could the planetary gardeners be starting wars to justify the increased air traffic knowing we daren't question it if it's a national security issue?

by **Mentalgongfu** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:58 pm

As for posting pics - Yes, as I understand you need to post the pic elsewhere, then use the image button on ez post to link to the picture and it will appear. Hadn't tried it before yesterday, but it worked for me. On Chemtrails - I've heard the year 1996 thrown around as a general starting point, but also have heard others talk of seeing them earlier. I didn't become aware of the phenemona until a little more than a year ago. I continue to document some of the more outrageous trails in the sky, but rarely feel up to the derision which accompanies trying to point them out to someone else. I do attempt to "awaken" others from time to time, but it has to be done subtly. Spilling your beans right away is a surefire way for most people to label you a little off-balanced or completely nutso. As far as wars being used to justify chemtrails - it doesn't seem that likely to me. There's a lot more to gain from the wars than that. Plus, most people are too ignorant of the skies above them to even realize something is going on, so justifying the air traffic isn't something which really needs to be done. The main tactic seems to be telling people this is simply the way its always been and getting you to doubt the certainty of your memory and observations. I've even heard others talk of chemtrails added into the backgrounds of old movies.

by **Mentalgongfu** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:03 pm

p.s. it looks to me like there is either a contrail or chemtrail (hard to tell without watching with our own eyes, IMO) in the first rainbow pic at the top of this thread.

by **Seamus OBlimey** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:30 am

Thanks Mental, <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/seamus_oblimey/fun/P1010092.jpg" style="border:0;"/> Pythagorus in the sky When breaking the news I usually ask something like "Did anyone see a weather forecast? Did they say it would be stripey?" Or when someone say's the weather's fine I'll look up and say "It'll cloud over." I work outdoors so we often comment on the weather but never the whether? Has anyone else noticed that when the sun rises in the east the sky is just as bright in the west and vice versa at sunset?

by **Joe Hillshoist** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:26 pm

seamus you will love the photo i took of a hole in a cloud bank. It was a square or rectangle, had right angles. yeah right, thats completely natural. One day I'll get off my arse and post it online.

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