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JeffreyWilliamson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:03 PM
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Wow! AMAZING photo my friend Joey took this afternoon. Opinions?
Okay, so I'm a huge Cold War history buff, especially nuclear war related films. Anyway, my best friend Joey sent me a text message a couple of hours ago. I just looked at what he sent me and was amazed. Enjoy!
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:04 PM
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1. We'll meet again/don't know where/don't know when
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:30 PM
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8. was thinking the same thing.....
best movie ever, maybe?

certainly no more effrontery from a director. WTF was he thinking to make that when he did....a total farce re: nucular annihilation

know what city Col. Kong was really talking about when he was picking through the survival kit as they headed for their rendezvous with destiny?
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 02:28 AM
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16. I forget the name, but it's a short drive from Burpelson Air Force Base.
;)
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 05:31 AM
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18. Dallas!

Changed for fairly obvious reasons after November 22, 1963.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 07:19 AM
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20. Oh yeah! I forgot about that!
A few years back I was paging through a book about Kubrick's films, and it mentioned that fact. It also mentioned the startling accuracy he was able to achieve in his design of hte bomber's cockpit based on just one (or maybe a few) non-classified photograph.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:05 PM
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2. That is amazing.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:11 PM
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3. Omen?
:scared:


Seriously, great picture.:)
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daleanime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:16 PM
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4. Damn!
:hide:
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konnichi wa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:18 PM
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5. Cool sunset!
:D

(it isn't a nuclear explosion in case anybody is wondering)
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:26 PM
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6. I just think that's really
awesome celestial art. I would be so psyched to get a shot like that!

Thank you for posting it.
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:29 PM
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7. Was that along the Gulf Coast?
That looks like cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds with the sun coming through or sunlight bouncing off.

2. Watch for cumulus (puffy) clouds that start to rapidly develop vertically (up) to become cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds. On hot and humid days, these storms occur over water as the radiant heat from the land absorbs moisture from nearby water and rises to produce thunderheads.

This is an example of a cumulus cloud that is growing vertically (up). The bottom of the cloud is made of water droplets and the top is made of ice crystals.

The cloud may be described as "boiling" but not because it's hot. Parts of the cloud roll in a circular motion, much like boiling water.

A thunderstorm could develop very quickly.
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/weather1.htm


Some more:
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JeffreyWilliamson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:31 PM
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9. WOW! That last one!
Amazing!

Is it wrong for me to think of these as beautiful?
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:55 PM
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13. They are nature - they are beautiful
Even if they can lead to destruction.

Disclaimer - those are not my pics. I found them with Google Image search using "cumulonimbus clouds" for the search words.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:32 PM
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10. THAT'LL teach the RNC: Don't remake the Daisy Ad!
:nuke:
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:48 PM
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11. Shit. I'm going out to the pond and baptize myself.
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EPIC1934 Donating Member (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 11:12 PM
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14. I am moving to Omaha and changing my name to buzz
buzz
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:51 PM
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12. Duck and cover!!!! n/t
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 01:03 AM
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15. That's God talking,
showing us what will happen if we don't use enhanced interrogation techniques .................
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 04:12 AM
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17. I thought so too - reminds me of another pic
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EPIC1934 Donating Member (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 05:45 AM
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19. reminds me of an old lyric by Hendricks
Scuse me while I reform the sky!

also how wacky was it that Failsafe was being made at almost exact same time as Dr. Strangelove. What about all the other right wing takeover movies filmed during Kennedy years? Was there something in the air those Knights of Omaha, Fernandos?
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 07:23 AM
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21. pretty, impressive, but commonplace over the Cascades and other peaks n/t
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 07:32 AM
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22. Question - which would represent more energy, that thunderhead or a mushroom cloud?
Consider the potential energy that might be released of that storm were to fully expend itself. Now consider the energy remaining after the blast in the mushroom cloud from the explosion of a nuclear device that would generate a similar cloud. Which would be more energetic?
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