EO: Tomas and Ului

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EO: Tomas and Ului

Post by neufer » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:02 pm

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43154 wrote:
Tropical Cyclones Ului and Tomas
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<<Two fierce tropical cyclones raged over the South Pacific Ocean in mid-March 2010, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported. Over the Solomon Islands, Tropical Cyclone Ului had maximum sustained winds of 130 knots (240 kilometers per hour, 150 miles per hour) and gusts up to 160 knots (300 km/hr, 180 mph). Over Fiji, Tropical Cyclone Tomas had maximum sustained winds of 115 knots (215 km/hr, 132 mph) and gusts up to 140 knots (260 km/hr, 160 mph).>>
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Re: EO: Tomas and Ului

Post by BMAONE23 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:14 pm

Now there's a scene out of "The Day After Tomorrow"

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Re: EO: Tomas and Ului

Post by rstevenson » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:50 pm

Reminds me of this APOD.

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Re: EO: Tomas and Ului

Post by BMAONE23 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:10 pm

Reminds me of the two galaxies in the lower left of this APOD 080308 Or in the lower left of the Large Hubble image here
Or for ridiculously large sized
Then there is the Strong IR source

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Re: EO: Tomas and Ului

Post by wonderboy » Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:33 pm

stuff bein in Fiji that week!
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