[AZ-Observing] Re: Cloud formation - What caused this one?
- From: Jim Warthman <jim.warthman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:19:20 -0700
What's strange about that is I had exactly the same thought! :-)
These look like "old" contrails from the Aurora, which supposedly produces
unusual "soap-on-a-rope contrails with an unusual propulsion system.
Here are examples:
http://aurorapage.tripod.com/technical/contrails.html
And much more info is available here:
http://aurorapage.tripod.com/
Enjoy!
-- Jim
On 2003-10-05 2:03 PM, "chaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <chaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like the contrail off of one of those super secret pulse jets that are
> supposed to be at area 51:) Really I don't know how those were formed, I
> couldn't resist.
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> Quoting mwiles@xxxxxxx:
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>> Sitting by the pool, I noticed this cloud pattern, and can't for the life of
>> me figure out how it could have formed. The linked photo doesn't show it as
>> well as I'd like, but the clouds were all circular in shape and evenly spaced
>> apart in two parallel and nearly straight lines.
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>> Any of the weather experts want to hazard an opinion?
>>
>> http://members.cox.net/dontsqueezetheshaman/Round%20Clouds.jpg
>>
>> Mike
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