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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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 Posted - 03/03/2008 : 13:41:15
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You bloody slackers! Where are all the astronomy topics? Well, I guess it's up to me then.
Here then, is a link to a news article about a martian avalanche! Yep, you heard me.
| Material, likely including fine-grained ice and dust and possibly including large blocks, has detached from a towering cliff and cascaded to the gentler slopes below. The occurrence of the avalanches is spectacularly revealed by the accompanying clouds of fine material that continue to settle out of the air. The largest cloud (upper images) traces the path of the debris as it fell down the slope, hit the lower slope, and continues downhill, forming a billowing cloud front. This cloud is about 180 meters (590 feet) across and extends about 190 m (625 ft) from the base of the steep cliff. |
Originally found on Phil Plait's site. Since it's obvious that the first site isn't one that I'd likely have bookmarked. I may be a jerk, but I'm not a geek!
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
Edited by - the_ignored on 03/03/2008 13:42:02
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 03/03/2008 : 17:10:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by the_ignored
You bloody slackers! Where are all the astronomy topics? Well, I guess it's up to me then.
Here then, is a link to a news article about a martian avalanche! Yep, you heard me.
| Material, likely including fine-grained ice and dust and possibly including large blocks, has detached from a towering cliff and cascaded to the gentler slopes below. The occurrence of the avalanches is spectacularly revealed by the accompanying clouds of fine material that continue to settle out of the air. The largest cloud (upper images) traces the path of the debris as it fell down the slope, hit the lower slope, and continues downhill, forming a billowing cloud front. This cloud is about 180 meters (590 feet) across and extends about 190 m (625 ft) from the base of the steep cliff. |
Originally found on Phil Plait's site. Since it's obvious that the first site isn't one that I'd likely have bookmarked. I may be a jerk, but I'm not a geek!
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Wo0t! So cool! Just enough atmosphere to allow dust clouds. We'd never see this on the Moon. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 03/03/2008 17:11:18 |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2008 : 18:27:30 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Wo0t! So cool! Just enough atmosphere to allow dust clouds. We'd never see this on the Moon.
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Wow. Some of these images are very cool. |
Life is good
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2008 : 19:03:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Wo0t! So cool! Just enough atmosphere to allow dust clouds. We'd never see this on the Moon.
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Wow. Some of these images are very cool.
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I'll say! About 2/5 of the way down on this image, is a white field of what looks like water-ice or dry-ice dunes, shaped much like sand dunes in earthly deserts. And something's peeking out of many of then, something dark and irregular. Exposed rocks? Trees? Artillery emplacements? Martian jungle-gyms?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 03/04/2008 04:17:42 |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 02:36:24 [Permalink]
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Martian Avalanche
