for our friends down under

[my99cavy]

man those are some amazing photos you guys posted!!!! mother nature is just incredible!!!

[highteknology]

Originally Posted by 00accord44

Definitely not a word!

that's what i thought but i figured, "hey why not give it a try"

[Toksin]

Believe it or not, I've seen fire rainbows at least 3 times in my lifetime.

I think we learnt about mother of pearl clouds in geography this year. Very interesting. Nature rules.

[00accord44]

Originally Posted by Toksin

Believe it or not, I've seen fire rainbows at least 3 times in my lifetime.

You bastard. First EPIC breakfast... now this. In what other ways shall you make us feel inferior

[Toksin]

I'm sure I can think of some.

[MonsterBengt]

Pff.. Auroas are to be seen in Lappland, Sweden. Not Canada or Alaska.

[MonsterBengt]

Originally Posted by 00accord44

I believe aurora borealis can be seen from alaska and probably parts of Canada. But of course, you'd have to know when the conditions were going to be right for it to occur.

And that fire rainbow is teh shit! I'm hard pressed to say it pwns aurora borealis, but its close

edit: I take that back, aroura borealis > all

Lol, what game's that pic from anyways?

[00accord44]

Originally Posted by MonsterBengt

Pff.. Auroas are to be seen in Lappland, Sweden. Not Canada or Alaska.

Well when you decide the rest of us are allowed to see them please let us know

Originally Posted by MonsterBengt

Lol, what game's that pic from anyways?

Swede Wars? ... oh wait, thats impossible

[AlbanyCartel]

Some more pics of atmospheric "phenomenties"

parts of Mega Lightning strikes,


megalightning actually strikes up-wards, and looks like the Red Sprites picture above. Look at and compare the regular strikes on the bottom, with the huge veiny strike of mega-lighting.
I have no idea what the hell blue jets are.





Looks like the strike is as wide as a town or city.



If I woke up and saw one of those, I would grab my gun.

...Judgment day, has begun.

[highteknology]

Originally Posted by AlbanyCartel

Some more pics of atmospheric "phenomenties"

parts of Mega Lightning strikes,

megalightning actually strikes up-wards, and looks like the Red Sprites picture above. Look at and compare the regular strikes on the bottom, with the huge veiny strike of mega-lighting.
I have no idea what the hell blue jets are.

Take from Wikipedia - "Blue Jets differ from sprites in that they project from the top of the cumulonimbus above a thunderstorm, typically in a narrow cone, to the lowest levels of the ionosphere 40 to 50 km (25 to 30 miles) above the earth. They are also brighter than sprites and, as implied by their name, are blue in color. They were first recorded on October 21, 1989, on a video taken from the space shuttle as it passed over Australia. Again, this could be currents being generated from potential differences in the upper atmosphere caused by the same derivation of charge from the Solar Wind."

Originally Posted by AlbanyCartel

If I woke up and saw one of those, I would grab my gun.

...Judgment day, has begun.

can you actually see these with your naked eye(s) or are those things that you need some special instrument to see them?

on a side note, the aurora borealis looks like it could've come from Halo or somethin like that.

[G-man422]

Jeez, these things are all so awesome (to say the least).

[highteknology]

Originally Posted by AlbanyCartel

You can see them with your naked eye, you just have to be very far from the storm, or above it. The sprites only happen above the clouds.

right on. i'm sure even IF i did see one i would have no f'ing clue what it was but i know it would be awesome

[XeVeNskyLiNE]

Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan

I think he meant -80C and -112F.

Is this a typo? Negative 112F?! How is that possible? Seems too extreme to me.

[fredjacksonsan]

Originally Posted by XeVeNskyLiNE

Is this a typo? Negative 112F?! How is that possible? Seems too extreme to me.

At approximately 3.5* per 1000 feet, it only takes 30000 feet to bring the temp down 105*.

[XeVeNskyLiNE]

Oh, I kinda missed that part. I wonder what the temp in space is.