Nacreous Clouds
Nacreous or “mother of pearl” clouds are made of microscopic ice crystals floating in the stratosphere 9 to 16 miles high. These clouds gather when the temperature in the polar stratosphere drops below -85 C. Because of that numbing threshold, they tend to appear only during winter over cold places such as Scandinavia, Alaska and Iceland.
Nacreous clouds are supposed to be rare, yet sky watchers in Scandinavia has spotted them frequently during the past two weeks. Could this be a “nacreous storm”? A similar, mysterious abundance of nacreous clouds occurred in January 2008; it could be happening again. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for mother of pearl during the twilight hours after sunset or before sunrise.
Photos taken by:
Ivar Marthinusen in Trondheim, Norway
Sauli Koski in Kittila Finland
Kalinka Irina MartÃn Iglesias in Tunhovdfjorden, Buskerud, Norway
Johannes Lillegaard Frøyen, in Bogstad, Oslo, Norway
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Large Bee Fly (Bombylius major)
The Large Bee Fly (Bombylius major) is a bee mimic, squat and very hairy, 14 to 18 mm in length and a wingspan around 24 mm. Adults feed by means of their very long proboscises on the nectar of many species of flower. The species is widely distributed throughout the whole northern hemisphere and in North Africa, and is very well known.
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In N Out
1. In N Out
2. #1 w/ Coke
3. I\’ve seen 10×10\’s but I didn\’t know they did 50×50\’s.
4. Animal Style Fries.. mmmmmm..
5. Double Double Animal Style
Some Bad News and Some VERY Bad News
Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news.
Patient: Well, you might as well give me the bad news first.
Doctor: The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24 hours to live.
Patient: 24 hours! That’s terrible! What could be worse? What’s the very bad news?
Doctor: I’ve been trying to reach you since yesterday.
The Finger of God
Part of the Eagle Nebula, IIRC. What you\’re looking at is about 2-3 light years “tall”.
Murderous Moppets
From The Venture Brothers on Cartoon Newtork\’s Adult Swim.
The dwarf henchmen of Dr. Girlfriend when she was the villianness “Lady Au Pair.” Horribly creepy and fucking hysterical. Not to be pissed off unless you particularly enjoy lacerations to your face.
Buck Rogers in the 21st Century…
Tags:Fantasy - Science Fiction, Television
…reduced to posing with a 20-sided die at a convention for someone’s RPG blog.
The original Penn Station
Designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1910.
Torn down in the 1960\’s along with the Singer Building and the Astor. Outrage over its loss sparked legislation that now preserves historic landmarks in NYC.
why do male elk have long antlers??
Tags:Cute As Hell Animals, Humor, Nature
ohh..
Darkseid – ORLY
Tags:Comic Books, Forum Fodder, Humor
Racking my brains over which deep-voiced actor could do this justice…suggestions welcome.
Carrier Kicks
IIRC the source said it was a Ford Fairlane getting launched.
Everything about this pic I can understand except one thing: How do you justify to the brass bringing it aboard in the first place?
Bunnies in an elevator
Tags:Humor, Wallpaper, WTF
Not quite as bad as snakes on a plane.
Being An Egg Ain’t Easy
5 Reasons Why It Stinks Being an Egg:
1) You only get laid once.
2) You only get eaten once.
3) It takes you seven minutes to get hard.
4) You have to come in a box with 11 other guys.
5) The only one that ever sits on your face is your mother.
Cross of Iron
Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.
Bertold Brecht
Presidential Rides
President Truman in the Lincoln made for President Roosevelt
President Eisenhower in 1953 Eldorado
1950 Lincoln with first bubble top – Eisenhower\’s idea
1961 Continental X100 – Kennedy was shot in this vehicle
Obama\’s upgrade to Bush\’s Cadillac
Passive Aggressive Flow Chart
More: www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/12/15/the-nerds-guide-to-passive-aggressive-behavior/
Big eyes
Tags:Cute As Hell Animals, Wallpaper
super smash brothers
Tags:Gaming, Humor, Super Smash Bros
old school, yo