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I see a resemblence with the irridecent clouds structure as viewed close up and the structure of the apparent dunes on Titan from the image PIA14500, and both look like a finger print...interesting.

Far out, Mon! It could almost be fractal imagery, especially the detail pic.
[url]http://www.fractal-wallpapers.com/Fractal-Wallpapers/fractal-wallpaper/[/url]

Wow! And that is seen in Ethiopia, the fount and origin of the Rastafari culture.
(Although, "Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality." Bob Marley)
It becomes obvious where the rasta hat comes from:

http://hatguide.co.uk/rasta-hat/
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John

Ras Tafiri - he here to make bad ting good, good ting better and better ting best - Pete Tong

[img]http://www.julesverne.ca/images/imgjvwrp/jvpfffb.gif[/img][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm3xKK-ROLY[/youtube]

A beautiful image worthy of becoming a background. 8-)

This is an interesting image. I've never seen (or, to be honest, heard of) pileus iridescent clouds. I have heard of - and seen - 'regular' iridescent clouds, and even taken pictures of some. But I had to look up the word 'pileus', just so I knew what it meant, and then I understood the difference! :lol: (APOD is fast becoming a great word-of-the-day site, too! :D )
[url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fz503.htm]This link[/url] was immensly helpful. And [url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/iridim6.htm]this one[/url] I liked because it shows how small one of these can appear next to such a large cumulus cloud.
Maybe I've seen one and not realized it???!!? I've got to start looking more closely!

Wonderful image!

8-)

It's a UFO!

[float=right][img]http://estherhavens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/prism2.png[/img][/float]

Nice cloud! And I really, really like one of the links of today's APOD, the one showing us the more detailed picture of the cloud.

Ann

[url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=24970][b][i]APOD Collection: Iridescent Clouds [/i][/b][/url]

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110824.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_110824.jpg[/img] [size=150]A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a [url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fz503.htm]pileus[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence]iridescent cloud[/url], a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and [url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/irid1.htm]so together[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction]diffract[/url] different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The [url=http://estherhavens.com/blog/archives/2516]above image[/url] was taken just after the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071125.html]picturesque sight[/url] was noticed by chance by a photographer in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia]Ethiopia[/url]. A [url=http://estherhavens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/prism2.png]more detailed picture[/url] of the same cloud shows not only [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF967AhA0jA]many colors[/url], but unusual dark and wavy bands whose origins are thought related to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_cloud]wave disturbances[/url] in the cloud.

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