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NASA Satellite Snaps Rare Cloud-Free Ireland

Posted by timothy on from the whiskey-free-ireland-not-available dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA's Aqua satellite recently snapped a cloud-free shot of Ireland. The cloud-free view is extremely rare as the country is almost entirely cloud covered 50% of the time according to the Irish Meteorological Service, Met Éireann. There are more clouds during the day than at night, and fog is common."

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  1. Go figure by yeshuawatso · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wonder they drink so much. Every time they go outside and look up, all they see is a depressing cloud blocking all the sunlight. Being sh*t faced is probably the only way to get the gloom out of the day.

    1. Re:Go figure by Hazel+Bergeron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ireland learnt its two-decade lesson about monetary policy and raised the cloud tax. The invisible hand of God moved the clouds somewhere cheaper...

      (...perhaps to Wales, which is reluctantly under Her Majesty's rule, but allows us some payback in local cloud tax for the support we've loaned to our green neighbours. Britain's main industry is clouds, you see... and only the white ones, since Thatcher abolished the black sooty ones after a wrestling match with Arthur Scargill in 1984.)

    2. Re:Go figure by ischorr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pet peeve - is it really necessary to misspell "you're" as "your", throw in unnecessary profanity, and generally use bad grammar/capitalization/etc?

      If you're going to be a pedant on style, at least use good style.

    3. Re:Go figure by digitig · · Score: 3, Funny

      im sorry, I did not realize I was on the association of anal retentive english majors page

      You must be new here.

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  2. Good news! by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

    They finally killed the last male Bundy!

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  3. Re:Question having RTFA by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude. Also, Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.

    At least, according to NASA.

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  4. Pfft, that's nothing by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Next up, let's see Beijing without smog.

  5. In other news... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA satellites are still trying to confirm the existence of Scotland.

  6. IMF by Dartz-IRL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jaysus sake, the IMF are taking even the feckin' clouds away now.

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