OT Things to ponder

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

"A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights;
and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors."
- Field Marshal Montgomery

I wonder what situation led the honourable Montgomery to make that pondering. [&:] [:)]

The number of bars of soap that they bought before they sailed?

[Orm]

Any new bird sightings?

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Any new bird sightings?

Yes, some very phat grey squirrels . . .

I want to live trap some for my kitties to play with . . .

[RangerJoe]

Just think if the man would have read the entire document . . .


The mistake that toppled the Berlin Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4VDwaV-oo

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Any new bird sightings?

Yes, a red tailed hawk in my backyard eating a squirrel. Red tails are the largest kind of hawk you'll see around here. You may also have heard of the fighter squadron named for them that operated in Europe.

[geofflambert]

Here's my cat Lilly watching.

[RangerJoe]

I think that the largest bird that I have seen flying around here is the Golden Eagle. [:'(] They make the Bald Eagles look small . . . [X(]

[geofflambert]

Even though it's taken 40 years I don't believe this is their magnum opus. My understanding is that will be titled ABBA DABBA DOO.

[Nomad]

I think Lilly is pondering why she is not out there feasting.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: Orm

Any new bird sightings?

Yes, a red tailed hawk in my backyard eating a squirrel. Red tails are the largest kind of hawk you'll see around here. You may also have heard of the fighter squadron named for them that operated in Europe.

Thank you for sharing. [&o]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Here's my cat Lilly watching.

Nice cat. [:)]

I would be as mesmerized as she is. [:)]

[geofflambert]

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[geofflambert]

In case anyone missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh3EKDghbuU

[geofflambert]

And

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7OJ7gFLvE

[BBfanboy]

Interesting to see the lightning flashes all over the surface. Given the size of Jupiter, some of those bolts would be 1000 times bigger than anything seen on earth!

Saw a documentary about Auroras a couple of days ago. It showed Aurora crowns on both poles of Jupiter and Saturn. Surprised they were not in that animation fly-past.

[Maallon]

The famous "Great Red Spot" on Jupiter, that can be seen in the first video at around 2:28, has actually roughly the same diameter as Earth.
The thing is basically a giant storm that rages on Jupiter since hundreds of years, if not even longer.
Always amazing to see how small we are in the great scheme of things. [:D]

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Interesting to see the lightning flashes all over the surface. Given the size of Jupiter, some of those bolts would be 1000 times bigger than anything seen on earth!

Saw a documentary about Auroras a couple of days ago. It showed Aurora crowns on both poles of Jupiter and Saturn. Surprised they were not in that animation fly-past.

Even the ones on Earth are too ethereal to capture on regular video from orbit. The camera settings would have to be pretty particular.

And it would have been most visible over the dark side of Jupiter, which they didn't show much.

[geofflambert]

In case you missed it: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2 ... 93.5945833

[geofflambert]

That's a B-2 in flight.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

That's a B-2 in flight.

Making a crop circle?