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Plankton in the Clouds

Posted by timothy on from the pray-for-rain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA is reporting that the September 1997 Pacific hurricane, Nora, was able to deliver sea salt and plankton as far inland as Oklahoma. The tale-tell signs of prismatic light halos around cirrus clouds pointed to ice crystals with nucleated hexagons and sea-salted clouds. Various proposals have been made previously about such 'life in the clouds' proposals on other planets like Jupiter and Venus."

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  1. Re:Is NASA really relevant?? by jkrise · · Score: 0, Troll

    " Hey man, *YOU* go to the moon, then i will listen to your opinions."

    What've we learnt after going to the moon? It's thrilling, terrific, giant leap blah blah, but what else? Have we learnt ANYTHING about the moon, which we couldn't have done, sitting here? The weight of the moon? Chemical composition? Life on the moon?

    What about the space shuttle experiments? Zero ravity, zero pressure experiments.. anything useful out there? Very little, IMO.

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  2. He's Euro-Trash. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let's see, things common in Oklahoma, not in Europe:
    1) Women shaving Pits, Legs (OK Yes, Euro No)
    2) Correction for sorry ass crooked teeth (OK Yes, Euro No)
    3) Hygiene, (aka Taking a shower, brushing teeth, using deodorant, etc) (OK Yes, Euro No)
    4) High standard of living (OK Yes, Euro No) (I make over 180K/year that's about 110 pounds, doubtful the Euro-Trash makes that much, however since he is "so far evolved" I'm surprised)
    5) Taxes that are equitable (OK Yes, Euro No)

    I'd have to say overall Euro-trash is far behind in most areas. I wonder when they will "evolve".