cool looking cloud in Moscow

Meteor|WAR · Oct 14, 2009, 07:38 AM

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93092?fp=1

Lunar Wolf · Oct 14, 2009, 07:40 AM

Did an Ion-Cannon just fire?

DrWorm · Oct 14, 2009, 07:59 AM

Why can't I see it, it's just a white box of nothingness?

OzzieBloke · Oct 14, 2009, 08:21 AM

How if this had appeared over Jo'burg, people would have been ****ting bricks....

mbeeston · Oct 14, 2009, 08:26 AM

hallowed are the ori

Zero · Oct 14, 2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

An article from the Daily Mail explains that the "luminous ring-shaped cloud" was simply an optical effect.

An official spokesperson for Moscow's weather department said, "Several fronts have been passing through Moscow recently, there was an intrusion of the Arctic air too, the sun was shining from the west — this is how the effect was produced."

McTurok · Oct 14, 2009, 08:33 AM

That's just not natural looking at all. I can't wait to read about what really caused it. Oh wait, you said Moscow.

-n7- · Oct 14, 2009, 08:54 AM

aliens, obviously.

ViCyniC · Oct 14, 2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by -n7-

aliens, obviously.

.

FrAg Of FuRy · Oct 14, 2009, 09:36 AM

Glitch in the matrix.

Doozer · Oct 14, 2009, 10:27 AM

goatse without hands

Supra_Freak · Oct 14, 2009, 10:56 AM

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...l-warming.html

Meteor|WAR · Oct 14, 2009, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero

There's a perfectly scientific explanation for why this phenomenon occurs.

Just because us laymen dont understand it doesnt mean it's something supernatural. Yet hillbillies, religious and UFO nuts will think otherwise, all because they dont understand the meteorology behind it. I just think it looks cool.

Idle Wild · Oct 14, 2009, 11:50 AM

video looks fake to me. The clouds stretch, pan around more than just the ordinary parallax of the background and change contrast.

voodoo1 · Oct 14, 2009, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbeeston

hallowed are the ori

Meteor|WAR · Oct 14, 2009, 11:55 AM

It does look fake, but probably only because of how awesome a spectacle it is.

One way to know it's got to be real, is the passing street light poles that so perfectly pass right in front of it as the car drives along the highway. That would be quite difficult to create.

Zero · Oct 14, 2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meteor|WAR

There's a perfectly scientific explanation for why this phenomenon occurs.

Just because us laymen dont understand it doesnt mean it's something supernatural.:

I never said it was supernatural. Their explanation is just sketchy.

Arrowhead · Oct 14, 2009, 12:47 PM

Oh no, what are the Russians up to now?

DeathKnight · Oct 14, 2009, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Idle Wild

video looks fake to me. The clouds stretch, pan around more than just the ordinary parallax of the background and change contrast.

Crap cellphone video...

DaJMasta · Oct 14, 2009, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OzzieBloke

How if this had appeared over Jo'burg, people would have been ****ting bricks....

Documentary come true!

xCLAVEx · Oct 14, 2009, 03:20 PM

Meteor|WAR · Oct 14, 2009, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero

I never said it was supernatural. Their explanation is just sketchy.

Sorry, the "supernatural" part of the post was not in reply to you.

Are you a weather expert? If not then of course it would sound strange, because you dont understand meteorology. I'm sure they could have gone into more detail with the explanation but kept it brief for the article.

Osirus · Oct 14, 2009, 05:56 PM

tried once to view this on my ps3... it froze.
treid again... and my PS3 shut off with the yellow light of death..
went to PC and treid again.. Video is removed ...

Its a conspiracy!!

but seriously i want to see it.. anymore links?

Arrowhead · Oct 14, 2009, 06:01 PM

How did that video earn a TOS violation?

DewFuel · Oct 14, 2009, 07:24 PM

Dammit, I want to see this cloud formation

Is this it?:

http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt...f-Moscow-video

Zero · Oct 14, 2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meteor|WAR

Sorry, the "supernatural" part of the post was not in reply to you.

Are you a weather expert? If not then of course it would sound strange, because you dont understand meteorology. I'm sure they could have gone into more detail with the explanation but kept it brief for the article.

I think I have the grade 8 science knowledge to understand how clouds form.

I don't think I've heard of a circular formation from opposing fronts that didn't result in a vortex (aka tornado, hurricane, etc). Even cirrostratus clouds, which can form halos, are more perfectly round than the moscow halo and are not formed the way the report describes.

It's a rather peculiar formation and the blasé explanation is just weird to me, that's all.

Are you a metereologist (from your user name)? Do you do something with weather, can you explain it to us?

JonZ · Oct 15, 2009, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doozer

goatse without hands

Quote:

Originally Posted by DewFuel

Dammit, I want to see this cloud formation

Is this it?:

http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt...f-Moscow-video

Kirk Johnson salutes you

Meteor|WAR · Oct 15, 2009, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DewFuel

Dammit, I want to see this cloud formation

Is this it?:

http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt...f-Moscow-video

Yeah, that's it. Sucks they removed the video in the OP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero

Are you a metereologist (from your user name)? Do you do something with weather, can you explain it to us?

Nope. I just figure leave it to the experts to explain it. But I guess they didnt do a very thorough job of that.

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Osirus Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: st catharines ont. Posts: 6,148	tried once to view this on my ps3... it froze. treid again... and my PS3 shut off with the yellow light of death.. went to PC and treid again.. Video is removed ... Its a conspiracy!! but seriously i want to see it.. anymore links?

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