Explanation: What type of cloud is that? It is not a naturally occurring one. Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster (or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) , the cloud pictured above resulted from a series of flares released by an air force jet over the Atlantic Ocean in May. The jet that released the flares, a C-17 Globemaster III, is seen on the right. The flares release smoke and the resulting pattern is sometimes known as a smoke angel. The circular eyes of the above smoke angel are caused by air spiraling off the plane's wings and are known as wingtip vortices.
Monday, August 21, 2006
A Smoke Angel or Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Explanation: What type of cloud is that? It is not a naturally occurring one. Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster (or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) , the cloud pictured above resulted from a series of flares released by an air force jet over the Atlantic Ocean in May. The jet that released the flares, a C-17 Globemaster III, is seen on the right. The flares release smoke and the resulting pattern is sometimes known as a smoke angel. The circular eyes of the above smoke angel are caused by air spiraling off the plane's wings and are known as wingtip vortices.
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Ohhh it is the almighty flying spaghetti monster.
All bow to his noodliness!!
This clinches it for me. I'm now a Pastafarian.
For the best cinematic use of vortices, see the closing scenes of Die hard 2 as the planes are coming in to land - Yippee-kye-ay!
Reminds me of Mummenschanz. I'm not sure I got the spelling right but I remember seeing commercials for it on tv when I was a kid. Some kind of perfomance art thing with guys that had rolls of toilet paper for eyes and weird stuff like that.
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