Unique looking clouds near equator in EPAC

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #1 Postby **senorpepr** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:29 pm

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/real ... 01.1km.jpg

Scroll down to the bottom of the image...

slowjoe · #2 Postby **slowjoe** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:31 pm

Truly weird.

#3 Postby **HURAKAN** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:33 pm

Really ultra weird.

Aquawind · #4 Postby **Aquawind** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:11 pm

That is funky... :eek:

Paul

#5 Postby **Hurricanehink** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:12 pm

Weird!

#6 Postby **Air Force Met** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:13 pm

Weird. Bump for later.

#7 Postby **Steve Cosby** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:32 pm

Wow - of course, the question is:

What the heck is it?

What caused it?

Should preparations be rushed to completion?

--
Steve Cosby

Matt-hurricanewatcher · #8 Postby **Matt-hurricanewatcher** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:33 pm

Looks like it has a eye near the center. Wow :eek:

Derek Ortt · #9 Postby **Derek Ortt** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:36 pm

looks like very small scale low-pressure areas

LCfromFL · #10 Postby **LCfromFL** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:11 pm

Waaaaaaaaaay weird! :eek:

Kind of like when you were a kid and played "what shape do you see in the clouds?" Uhm....I see mountains! Uh.....those stars they make out of icing on a cake....No wait...it's lichen! (Not that I knew what lichen was as a kid).

Anyway...I don't think I'd of guessed those were cloud formations if someone just showed me that image and said "what is this?".

How big are those things? I don't see anything to use as a point of reference.

Are they still there? I couldn't figure out how to refresh that image.

#11 Postby **senorpepr** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:37 pm

LCfromFL wrote:How big are those things?

From looking at things, they are about 3/4 the size of Mississippi.

LCfromFL wrote:I don't see anything to use as a point of reference.

If you look on the left side of the screen, you can see a red box on the globe. That red box represents the image.

LCfromFL wrote:Are they still there?

That image before was from the MODIS Terra Satellite. Here's an image from the MODIS Aqua Satellite that passed a few hours later: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/real ... 00.1km.jpg

LCfromFL wrote:I couldn't figure out how to refresh that image.

Unfortunately, this images aren't refreshable. Unlike GOES satellites that hover way up in the atmosphere on a fixed position, MODIS satellites are low-flying and are polar-orbiting. They are continuously on the move, scanning the globe from pole to pole. Each location on Earth will receive two passes from each satellite (Terra and Aqua) daily, making four passes total. Of course, now that it's nighttime there, no imagery will be available until morning.

#12 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:37 pm

Very strange indeed!!!!

LCfromFL · #13 Postby **LCfromFL** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:32 pm

Hey Senor...are those odd clouds still hanging around? Do we need to call in Agents Scully and Mulder?

Did anyone ever figure out what kind of clouds those were?

#14 Postby **skysummit** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:17 pm

What the hell??? They look like snow flakes

Ola · #15 Postby **Ola** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:25 pm

The real question is:

Senorpepr, how in hell do you have time to find stuff like this?????

Do you explore every picture of the earth from those satelites?

Tropics must be slow.............

#16 Postby **feederband** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:47 pm

Unique looking clouds near equator in EPAC

Unique looking clouds near equator in EPAC

Wow

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