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Giant Atmospheric Waves Filmed Over Iowa
NJChopperMan writes "For all those of you that thought waves only existed in the ocean, Photos and video of undular bore waves were caught in Iowa last week." The story also touches on the role of undular bores in severe weather, but it's definitely second fiddle to the video of the waves.
i don't know how, but somehow, this is global warmings fault.
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Bore waves . . . in Iowa? *yawn* That sounds about right.
I thought undular bores are those guys at parties who tell loud political jokes then try to sell you insurance or something.
Wow, now I know that the sky refreshes like a CRT now! :)
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I saw the term "bore waves", and suddenly I had a vision of a story about a George Bush press conference...
I want a new quote. One that won't spill. One that don't cost too much. Or come in a pill.
The little yacht dithering about in the water under the impact of these waves is, somehow, very endearing. I keep wanting to give it a saucer of milk.
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Yes, thats why it's so hard to get rockets into space. A common misconception is that gravity is the limiting factor but in fact it's getting enough speed in a sufficiently sharply pointed rocket to break the airs surface tension which is the major challenge.
(Think 1980s Flash Gordon)
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London -> New York 7.5 hrs
New York -> London 6.5 hrs
That's due to all that red tape.