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Whatever4 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:59 am

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VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) can discern a range of phenomena of interest to weather forecasters - cloud, snow, fog, etc - even when the satellite is on the dark side of the Earth.

Most of the time, all VIIRS needs to do its work is some illumination from the Moon. But if that is not available, the instrument can still detect features down below just from the nocturnal glow of the atmosphere itself.

And, of course, just as this Black Marble rendition demonstrates, VIIRS is also very good at capturing the lights of our cities.

Mr. Gneiss · **Joined:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:37 am **Posts:** 567

I hope that adding these photos to this thread is okay. It seems like the right place for three photos of lunar fogbows!

There is some additional info on the Space Weather home page.

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:35 am

Photographs of tiny waves

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Australian photographer Deb Morris goes beyond photographing the average wave by focusing on the subtle ripples caused by tidal waves that are no higher than 3 to 30 cm. She has dubbed these macro images “micro wave photography”.

More at the link
Many more at the artist's site

Plutodog · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:36 pm

The Obama family on vacation in Hawaii in 2006. Barack's grandmother (Madelyn, aka 'Toot') is to the far right of the picture

Adelante · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:48 pm

LA Times

The newly elected Ukranian Parliament.

Walt Tuttle · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:12 pm

I know of at least one person who will like this photo.

ZekeB · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:57 pm

Where the heck was I .... oh yeah, the zoo. The zoo in Boise, Idaho. (no, you are) They had a bird there that was supposedly the largest bird in the world. I wish I could have seen it in flight. OTOH, I don't think it would have survived the local environment.

GreatGrey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:08 pm

Walt Tuttle wrote:

I know of at least one person who will like this photo.

That's Uncle Fred!
:-bd

LM K · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2012 3:18 am

Aunt Grace:

Name: Grace | Species: Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa | Organization: AmeyZoo, Hertfordshire, U.K. | Handler: Mark Amey

I can't image being a little tiny mouse and seeing those eyes flying right at me! :dontwanttolook:

brommbaer · **Joined:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:51 pm **Posts:** 140

Adelante wrote:

LA Times

The newly elected Ukranian Parliament.

Offtopic :

I am so proud that I was an observer during those elections.

Dolly · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:32 pm **Posts:** 1120

Man Walks All Day to Create Spectacular Snow Patterns

Artist Simon Beck must really love the cold weather! Along the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, he spends days plodding through the snow in raquettes (snowshoes), creating these sensational patterns of snow art. Working for 5-9 hours a day, each final piece is typically the size of three soccer fields! The geometric forms range in mathematical patterns and shapes that create stunning, sometimes 3D, designs when viewed from higher levels.
How long these magnificent geometric forms survive is completely dependent on the weather. Beck designs and redesigns the patterns as new snow falls, sometimes unable to finish a piece due to significant overnight accumulations. Interestingly enough, he said, 'The main reason for making them was because I can no longer run properly due to problems with my feet, so plodding about on level snow is the least painful way of getting exercise. Gradually, the reason has become photographing them, and I am considering buying a better camera.” Spectacular art for the sake of exercise!

more photos at http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blo ... k-snow-art

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:13 am

kate520 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:24 am

GG's vegetabletarian cousin?

Honestly, I can't chose which of these three owl photos is more amazing. All are glorious!

GreatGrey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:38 pm

Whatever4 wrote:

That's the cousin we don't talk about, MelonHead.

Roboe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:09 pm

Thought it came out rather nice, considering it was a cheap point-and-click camera:

Chapel of Frederick V at Roskilde Cathedral. The whole church is a mix of styles, since they had to build a new chapel every few centuries, and they always went with the latest fashion.

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:22 pm

Roboe wrote:

Chapel of Frederick V at Roskilde Cathedral. The whole church is a mix of styles, since they had to build a new chapel every few centuries, and they always went with the latest fashion.

Went to look at that online, beautiful place. Came across an odd looking cathedral... Any ideas of where the heck this is? Has the look of "Buddy Christ".

Dolly · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:32 pm **Posts:** 1120

Jesus Towers at Gowripatnam
Photo taken in Gowripatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42493058

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:55 pm

Dolly wrote:

Jesus Towers at Gowripatnam
Photo taken in Gowripatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42493058

That's it, thanks!

GreatGrey · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:46 pm

Whatever4 wrote:

Nothing says Supreme Diety better than having Saints in Go-Go dancer cages on the side of your temple.

Roboe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:50 pm

GreatGrey wrote:

Nothing says Supreme Diety better than having Saints in Go-Go dancer cages on the side of your temple.

You should see the facade of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway then...

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:02 pm

The only people who build like that today are Mormons.

Retro moderne but they have a creepy feel to me as if they don't quite fit. They remind me of the architect who created all the "vault-like" Home Savings structures in California a while ago. They, too, didn't quite fit in.

Mr. Gneiss · **Joined:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:37 am **Posts:** 567

One of my favorite photos of the Northern Lights. The folks in Norway have all the winter fun. Sorry for the link, but for some reason I can't get the JPEG file to display.

Aurora Borealis Taken by Arild Heitmann on December 15, 2012 @ Troms, Norway

Plutodog · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:44 am

Worked for me. :banana:

CatMe · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:34 pm

Those are beautiful! I love to look at NASA images from the Hubble telescope. I was surprised to learn that many space shots are filmed in black and white, with the color added based on light wavelengths. Or something like that, according to,my son.

I like this guy's work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/

He has regular photos of people and nature, but he also takes artistic photos of exploding objects.
I can't seem to imbed one, but this is an egg shot with a green paintball:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/5016608194/

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:06 pm

CatMe wrote:

Those are beautiful! I love to look at NASA images from the Hubble telescope. I was surprised to learn that many space shots are filmed in black and white, with the color added based on light wavelengths. Or something like that, according to,my son.

I like this guy's work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/

He has regular photos of people and nature, but he also takes artistic photos of exploding objects.
I can't seem to imbed one, but this is an egg shot with a green paintball:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/5016608194/

He's awesome. I posted some of his Christmas ball explosions in another thread last year. viewtopic.php?f=63&t=7009&hilit=Christmas#p319901

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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