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NASA Will Create Fake Red And Green Clouds Near Virginia (cnn.com)

"We have scrubbed today, June 4, due to clouds," NASA tweeted hours before sunrise on Sunday, adding later that "The next launch attempt for the Terrier-Improved Malemute is no earlier than June 11 pending range availability." So they're still waiting for the right weather to launch a very unique experiment. An anonymous reader quotes CNET: The early morning hours on the U.S. East Coast might be unusually colorful as NASA plans to produce artificial blue-green and red clouds that may be visible from New York to North Carolina... It's a test of a new system that helps scientists study the auroras and ionosphere. A NASA sounding rocket (a small, sub-orbital rocket often used in research) will launch from Wallops Flight Facility off the coast of Virginia and release several soda-sized canisters of vapor tracers in the upper atmosphere that may appear as colorful clouds. The tracers use vapors made up of lithium, barium and tri-methyl aluminum that react with other elements in the atmosphere to glow, letting researchers visually track the flows of ionized and neutral particles. It's a bit like being able to dye the wind or ocean currents to be able to get a visual picture.
When NASA does perform its launch, CNN adds that "If you're near the eastern U.S. coast, look toward the eastern horizon. The farther you are from the launch location, the lower the clouds will appear on the horizon." Basically, try to adjust your gaze towards Virginia's eastern shore -- and if you're not on the east coast, NASA will be livestreaming the launch and posting updates on Facebook and Twitter.

Updated to reflect new mission status.

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  1. Abduction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linda and I were enjoying a walk trough the woods on a warm summer night in on a full moon night.We were both 18 and had just graduated from high school and were talking about our futures.Looking at her beautiful body,5'10"tall long dark straight hair and a body to kill for, as we walked along I new that her future was bright.

    We were heading to a small pond about a mile from our houses.When we entered the clearing you could see the cattails and soft grass around the pond.Linda who was always laughing and ready to play ran down to the pond and stepped into the water."It's so warm lets go for a swim"she giggled and pulled off her top exposing the most beautiful firm breasts that I had ever seen.I couldn't believe what I was seeing as she pulled off her top,jeans and panties.She turned towards me and laugh"don't be so bashful we grew up together and who knows if we will see each other again"

    She was right and I couldn't get out of my jeans fast enough.When I stood up so was my 8" cock and she said "boy I sure wish that I had known that you were packing,we would have done this years ago" Then the look on her face turn from playful to scared.I turned around just as this big guy hit me so hard I saw stars then nothing.

    When I came to Linda and I were laying on the grass and six naked men were standing over us laughing and opening a pill bottle as they stroked their hard cocks.Four men held me down and a fifth placed some pills in my mouth and a bottle of liquor and told me to swallow.Then two of the men moved to Linda and drugged her as well.We laid there as these men finished the bottle and then everything started to spin.

    When I started to wake up there were naked people all around a big bonfire passing some bottles and joints.I looked at Linda being held by two women and saw a crazy smile on her beautiful face,not scared but sexy and dreamy.My head was still spinning but what the fuck I was horny as hell and my cock was hard as a rock.The pills that they had given us were doing there job !

    The next thing I knew these two guys were lifting a large metal trap door in the ground.We were take over to this large dark hole and lowered into it buy ropes.All of a sudden I started to feel soft creamy paste.OMG not paste but warm shit.My feet hit the bottom when we were chest deep in this nasty smelling mess.The ropes came off and Linda wrapped her arms around my neck for support pressing her breasts against my chest.Strange as this was when I looked into her eyes they were filled with lust and she slid her tongue deep into my mouth.

    What ever they had given me it had me so horny that I pulled her close sliding her shit covered body against mine.Then I thought that it was raining but no,someone was pissing through the trap door covering us with warm urine.Then soft shit began to come down covering our heads.Then laughter and a voice saying that this was going to last all night.

    Then Linda scraped shit off her breasts and told me to open my mouth.She took this smelly mixture of shit and piss and forced it into my mouth.At first I resisted but soon began to relax and enjoy it.Looking into her wild eyes I took some of this smelly mixture and rubbed it onto her face and she opened her mouth for me to fill it up too.She then pressed our mouths together and pass warm shit into my mouth with her tongue.

    I could feel her hard nipples press against my chest and I lifted her up and sucked one of her shit covered nipples into my mouth.Cheers from above as more shit and piss came down from above fueling our lust even more."I'm glad you enjoy this because I have a special treat for you"Linda said as she reach behind her and pulled up a shit log from her ass that went up to her wrist.Raising her hand up to my mouth she filled my mouth and told me to bite it off and chew it up good.Who would have thought that such nasty shit could have come from this beautiful young girl,I loved it and soon chewed it up and swallowed it all.

    Piss and shit was now coming down non stop,the people up top were s