Many here know that I’m an amateur astronomer. I spend quite a bit time looking up, into nighttime skies as well as daytime skies. You never know what you might see. Most of the time I see stars, nebulae, galaxies, planets and moons but during the daytime, equally amazing sights can be seen. There’s nothing quite like the grandeur of wide open skies to bring perspective to our earthly problems.
The image above is one of a number of phenomena that can be seen above the clouds after dark. For decades, pilots and astronauts reported seeing all kinds of strange things while flying above clouds or looking down from space. Apollo astronauts even reported “seeing” brilliant flashes of light while sleeping. Very few photographs of such phenomena existed until fairly recently. Twenty four/seven video taken from the orbiting International Space Station has confirmed many of these phenomena are real.
This realm of science is so new that terms being used to name such phenomena are still evolving. You could even add to the science itself if you can capture images of these phenomena. Keep your camera set to maximum resolution at all times if possible so that it can be submitted to scientists for detailed study. More importantly though, you should stop twerking and hold the camera still so that any image you do capture is in focus. Get the right image and you might get paid for the inconvenience of halting the twerk.
Both the image above and the text below comes from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Gigantic Jet Lightning over China
Image Credit & Copyright: Phebe Pan Explanation: That’s no meteor. While watching and photographing this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower, something unexpected happened: a gigantic jet erupted from a nearby cloud. The whole thing was over in a flash — it lasted less than a second — but was fortunately captured by an already-recording digital camera. Gigantic jets are a rare form of lightning recognized formally only a few years ago. The featured high resolution color image, taken near the peak of Shikengkong mountain in China, may be the best image yet of this unusual phenomenon. The same event appears to have been captured simultaneously by another photographer, further away. The gigantic jet appears to start somewhere in a nearby thundercloud and extend upwards towards Earth’s ionosphere. The nature of gigantic jets and their possible association with other types of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) such as blue jets and red sprites remains an active topic of research.
Whether or not we ever flew men to the moon or not, the explanation for those brilliant flashes of light was that cosmic rays were actually impacting the retinas of their eyes and that manifested as bright white flashes that could be seen with their eyes closed.
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If you look very closely at the image at the top of this page and focus on the red portion of jet you’ll see that, very faintly, the red tendrils branch out like a tree. You can see it better if you go to APOD, click the image and click again for maximum resolution.
Anywho, now compare the above chart with the APOD image. If you combine the Blue Jet on the chart with the purplish Tendrils and Red Sprites (faint branching out at the top of the APOD image) on the chart, you can see how the Gigantic (Blue) Jets might spawn the Tendrils and Sprites.
Can you imagine not being born or taught to appreciate these kinds of things?
I lurv APOD and check it daily.
I learn something new every day just by stopping by this blog. Great picture – didn’t know such a thing even occurred.
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Excellent!
If it weren’t for that pesky Sun, the Earth might look like this from half way to the Moon.
Can you imagine a planet where such a thing happens frequently? Amazing.
What are the dots lined up in a row in the sky to the left side of the photo?
Have you seen the video of Kubric admitting he shot the moon landing footage? He made the guy agree not to release it for 15 years after it was made and it is definitely Kubric.
I’m pretty sure those dots are an airplane. I’m an amateur photographer and I shoot the night sky’s.
This was probably a 15-20 second exposure so the plane (navigation lights) would record as a series of dots as it moved along.
I was out for the Perseid Meteor Shower this year, I had one good night that wasn’t stormy, but the 62% moon was a killer, got some good burners, lots of airplanes, satellites and two iridium flares.
I used to shoot prime focus images of the night sky through my telescopes with an old Olympus OM-1 on film. That was quite an adventure and tedious as hell. Forty to sixty minute exposures were pretty common. I would mount two scopes on an accurately polar aligned mounting, attach the camera to one and use a guiding eyepiece on the other while staring silently at a single star making fine corrections to the tracking mount via a guide corrector controller. Major pain in the ass but I got a few decent images.
I bought a Canon 20D DSLR to and a SBIG CCD camera to continue but I grew tired of the whole tedious process and only shot a few digital images. If I had an observatory situated in dark skies I’d probably get back into it but having to set up and tear down every session.
Card, I’d guess that it’s a satellite based on the way the initial and the center dot/s are dimmer. Looks like a the effect caused by the albedo on the variable surface of a satellite spinning on its major axis.
Kubrick may have taken studio shots of the moonscape and lander for NASA, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t go there.
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Riser – He said point blank it was all a lie and that we never went to the moon.
That is fascinating! I’ve never heard of these phenomena before, thanks for the info.
And AlGore thinks we can “change” the climate! Reminds me of MC Hammer’s “Cain’t Touch Dis!”
Francis took the words out of my mouth. TBP is the proverbial box of chocolates.
I_S, I clicked on the “giagantic jet” link in the text. Seems like China gets their share of these. U.S. not so much? Have you ever personally witnessed one of these?
Very amazing, thanks.
“Have you ever personally witnessed one of these?”
If I had to swear to it in court I’d have to say no. However, I believe I have seen the Blue Jets a number of times. The upper portions, if present, are probably too faint and too short in duration to see directly with your eye. The other aspect of me being unsure has to do with the way our eyes work. In the same way that a camera flash “burns” an image into our retinas, lightening in dim conditions can do the same thing. So, it’s possible that what I “thought” I saw was just a burned in image of a regular lightening bolt. I’m a pretty objective observer
I believe these events are common and happen equally all over the Earth. Continuous coverage by modern cameras aboard ISS seems to bear this out. To see them from the ground you have to be some distance from the clouds so that you can see above and below the cloud at the same time. The times I believe I saw them occurred in MT with wide open vistas before I knew such things existed. You could see thunderstorms coming hours before they arrived.
Digital photography is far more sensitive to faint, short duration events that film photography ever was as card802 can probably attest. This helps explain the increase in images of such events.
Hey knuckleheads , be careful .When you acknowledge the wonders of heaven you are acknowledging you know God is as real as what you see.If you then claim to be an agnostic or an atheist you end up with a depraved / debased mind as judgment.
Romans 1 :18-32…Best not to look into the heavens if you are going to deny the Creator of the heavens. Best not to read the bible if you deny the Author of the bible.
Indentured servants , you know much about the heavens , you know much about Central Banking , Fractional Reserve Banking and the Debt / Fiat money system along with Usury that will finally destroy our REPUBLIC but you claim you don’t believe in God .By default that makes you an Anti Christ or in other words: a devil worshipper.You just worship Satan through Star glazing.You should be thankful you got me to slap you back down to earth.
I once took a Genetics class and a visiting lecturer said an amazing thing when discussing the wonders of tracking human traits to the chromosome. He said that in both directions — the smaller (DNA) or larger (outer space) — which you look with science, evidence seems to point to an Intelligent and Creative Design, which is annoying to scientists.
Why would scientists be annoyed, Martha?
2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. 3As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable. 4
Perhaps it would annoy someone who believed Science provided the ultimate answer for every question. Perhaps it would suggest limits to what Science should be willing to do. And, perhaps, it might logically suggest repercussions for stepping over that line.
Or not.
The different Apollo stages I went to as a kid at NASA were huge. It would be easy to stage a fake landing at their facility .
The lunar lander and orbiter were tiny compared to the Apollo rockets that launched them.
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Awesome post, I_S. I also had no idea about such phenomena.
Of course, the whole thing is just about spoiled with;
— some dick-weed bringing up the we-didn’t-land-on-the-moon sermon
— bb, the deranged fucking moronic Village Idiot claiming that I_S is a devil worshiper …. (the depths to which this lowlife POS sinks is unbelievable!!)
— and, NATURALLY, no image of space events would be complete without bringing “the glory of God” into it.
Anybody else notice the severe decline in intelligent commentary here lately?
(PS; You thumbs down voters can go fuck yourselves.)
Hey, I resemble that last insult! Dammit Stuckey, I LOVE Carrie Underwood’s version of that hymn!
Edited to say “Blow Me.”
Years ago I surmised that when we die, we could travel the universe. T4C validated that idea with her fancy that AWD was now touring the cosmos.
https://youtu.be/zyEdqOWAE6k
“Awesome post, I_S. I also had no idea about such phenomena.
Of course, the whole thing is just about spoiled with;”
You just have to ignore the ass clowns Stucky. It’s so easy even an IndenturedServant can do it!
Glad you liked the post.
Stucky , I knew soon or later I would bring you out of your little house of horror. You call me a POS , a fucking moron but you know I am right.I get tired of people who look with astonishment at the heavens but then deny who created the universe.To me they are worse then ignorant fools .They deliberately reject what they know is true.Indentured servants is the perfect example.
He knows so much but is still completely indifferent to what’s really important.Yes I like fucking with him.He’s a big boy.
bb
You look at the vastness above, see millions of inanimate objects, and attribute it all to a deity. That’s fine and dandy if that’s what floats your boat.
BUT …. there are OTHER explanations which do NOT involve gods.
You surely acknowledge that there are other explanations. What makes you a fucking POS is that you condemn and ridicule those who see things differently than you do. As if YOU are the Final Decider of all things. As if you, and only you, have the right answers, and woe unto those who commit the heinous act of disagreeing with you.
You’re not smart, bb, even though you probably think you are. No. You are truly THE Village Idiot. You have an exceedingly small mind. A mind so narrow and constricted that it can only accept it’s own interpretations as valid, to the exclusion of all others. That’s why you are a moran, and will always remain one. Of all people here, you are most to be pitied.
Stucky givin’ bb what fer:
https://youtu.be/IFchVcSU73I
I wish I could understand the highly variable parameters that enable the consistent and successful posting of videos to Word Press comments. I have about three methods I use and when one won’t work, the others usually will. Some days though nothing works.
Is it wordpress? Is it the individual video or what?
Astronomy and physics are much easier on the brain than man made gibberish.
Stucky- How is the project coming along? For your information I was just stirring shit try to get a mini shitfest started.
Takes a dick-weed to call out a dick-weed.
Beebs, he hates that name, cites the paganist Romans, to defend his views.
Are you sure it wasn’t just shooting out of bb’s ass?
More electric universe phenomenon.
IF! there is a “God” I’m sure he/she/it doesn’t fit into the little boxes so called believers have made for he/she/it. I am really amused by the people worshiping the grumpy, old, blood, and sex obessessed, jew loving, storm god of the old testament. Fuck yaldaboath and the cloud he rode in on.
Indentured servants , you couldn’t ignore me if you tried. I’m just to much fun for you .With me you get to say “At least I’m smarter then bb ” .Besides I’m the only one who fucks with you ,provokes you and respects your views on The Central Banking Scam. You don’t fool me big boy .Playing would be astronomer / astronaut is just a distraction for you.Kinda like watching TV.
.Post something else. Pretty please.I’m waiting.
Stucky says: You look at the vastness above, see millions of inanimate objects, and attribute it all to a deity. That’s fine and dandy if that’s what floats your boat.
Do you mean to say we are just detritus on the surface of a giant rock? If so, what difference does it make if either Hillary or Trump wins? According to your and I-S’ outlook, there is no meaning to life.
Better the miscarriage than he, 4for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. 5″It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.
Stuck and I-S, why NOT vote for Hillary and bring about that ultimate ejaculatory release you so crave? It’ll be a blast to finally be free of beaners and niggers and hillbillies.
https://youtu.be/pX9hL93HPMI
“According to your and I-S’ outlook, there is no meaning to life. ”
—- Full RETARD
How you got that from what I posted is simply fucking amazing. You certainly have a “ripe” mind.
Ripe … as in rotten.
Kinda reminds one of how Hitlary can “say so little with so many words huh? The 20%/80% signal to noise ratio makes his comments remarkably easy to skip. (except when you quote the assclowns)
I-S, when you continually repeat the same mantra about signal to noise ratio, as if we are all ham radio operators, then your message becomes background noise.
Your like the crabby old men in the muppets show, an interruption of the show and not part of it. Your failure to adapt will render you inconsequential and passe’.
Eventually, you and your ilk will dominate the hinterlands of irrelevancy.
My mind isn’t rotted. Theology and creation are much easier on the brain than man made gibberish.
Algae has no conception of life or of god. If people have no god, they have no judgment and almost no responsibility for the bad they may do. Even the temporarily insane are excused from punishment for their misdeeds.
You have every right to deny the existence of any god. I merely expressed the opinion that if there is no god, then there is no right or wrong. If everybody can do as they will, then there is no meaning to life; it is all a bad joke where some suffer and others live the life of Reilly.
Bea
Many kudos for attempting to start a shit fest. You almost succeeded.
The project is exceedingly time consuming. I should be done in about a week. Too many interruptions. Today I got virtually nothing done as I took dad to the drug store, bank, post office, barber, and grocery store … and cut the lawn. Also, the humid weather makes dry time between new coats exceedingly long. (Three coats of primer, sanding between each coat, and three/four coats of paint, also sanding between each coat, and concluding with wet sanding.). It’s starting to look really quite nice though.
Please show off the finished product to all your friends (bb?) here when you are done Stuck. I’m sure it will be fantastic and help get you a contract on the house.
“Theology and creation are much easier on the brain than man made gibberish.”
—- The Man With Too Many Names
Theology …. man-made gibberish at its core.
“Theology …. man-made gibberish at its core.”
If god is real then you have the word of god as spoken to you individually from him. EVERYTHING else, including theology, the bible etc has been perverted by man for his own nefarious purposes.
Does god need theology?
Theological questions appear everywhere, a bumper sticker asks:
If god meant for us to filter beer, why would he give us livers?
Thanks, I learned something useful again today.
Another thing to share with my grandkids.
Stucky says: Theology …. man-made gibberish at its core.
Stuck, I think it was DiCaprio who said that man, being both spiritual and physical, bridges the gap between the material plane and the spiritual plane. A cat may look at the stars and use them to orient itself to a particular point. That is an amazing feat in itself (per se) but off topic. What I mean is that man is the only creature that looks to the stars and wonders about their origin. Such wonderment is the beginning of language, and language the beginning of stories, myths and legends.
Theology is the beginning of science as man set out to prove his thesis that gods created the universe. Science is the refinement of theology. The gods (Elohim) laugh at man’s efforts because man is by design limited; despite the knowledge gained by eating forbidden fruit, man cannot comprehend the vast reaches of space nor the greatness of god.
Our theology is to god as an incandescent lamp is to the sun, it is but a poor analogy. Yet by its poor light we are illuminated and can boast of having made an advance over other races of beasts.
PS 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
IS
what a lovely post!! Fabulous phenomena and beautiful pictures
and a distraction/enjoyment from what is ugly and evil. So thanks.
God is the power of good. We want to be good and to help others.
God supports that. Luciferians enjoy the suffering of others.
Quite a contrast. The smarties get that. Religion? Some of that
is organized crime and control.
Stucky, good on you for fixing your kitchen. You are good because
you are unselfish and help your elderly parents get their errands
done, chores accomplished, and allow them to feel love and respect for their son. All of that completes the cycle of life on the highest note.
Suzanna
“I-S, when you continually repeat the same mantra about signal to noise ratio, as if we are all ham radio operators, then your message becomes background noise.”
—— Filo
Here, let me ‘splain it to you.
“Signal” — good info posted by I_S.
“Noise” — bullshit YOU post.
Got it?
There is a diseased donkey in your back yard. How ’bout you go suck its dick? Alternatively, fuck off and die.