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Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:20
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WOW.
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Sydney
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April 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:22
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Cmon that has to be photochoped. I've never seen or heard about anything like that.
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Liverpool, Sydney
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September 2004
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:22
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wtf... thats nuts lol...
i wouldnt know what to think if the clouds out here looked like that..... thats cool though ^-^
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 09:25
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You panic your arse off. WTF!
think the sky is falling or something 
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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 11:29
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Hi,
Dunno about the top piccy, but the second piccy is legit. Check out some sites on clouds and weather and you'll see them. They got a special name and it happens under certain conditions.
I've never seen it in real life and I'm glad 'cos I think I'd shit myself also.
seeyuzz
river
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 11:48
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First one is legit
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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 11:56
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Hi,
Yeah! Shit! I'd be filling my pants big time if I saw that over my head. Reminds me of (I think I got the movie right) Independance Day when those spaceships come down to earth with a massive cloud display around them.
Lucky for us the aliens used BSD Unix so we could put a virus into them. And, while I'm hijacking, remember the computer instructions that flowed on the screen in Terminator, when he was processing info? That's a 6502 processor - a la Apple2 vintage. Sorry for the hijack - I'll go back into my box now. 
seeyuzz
river
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Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 03 December 2004 16:12
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You can see a little tiny outline and some remains of pixels around the telegraph poles in both pics.
I reckon they're fakes.
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Location:
sydney
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August 2003
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Location:
Liverpool, Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 03:46
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| Evan wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 20:25 |
You panic your arse off. WTF!
think the sky is falling or something
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chicken little chicken little....
Man, id absoloutley love it if the sky looked like that... people would think the end of the world is here, running around, looting shit, etc, ha.
Lench, your pic doesnt work man.
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I supported Toymods
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fairfield NSW
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January 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 04:35
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| Lench wrote on Sun, 05 December 2004 14:08 |
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goatse!
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 07:07
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I don't know wether it is real or not but it looks cool.
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Brisbane / Gold Coast
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May 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 08:45
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Pretty sure the top two pics of clouds are of ones caled 'strato-culumus castellatus'.
Been a while since I studied met ...
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Location:
London
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July 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 11:13
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| joyride wrote on Sun, 05 December 2004 15:35 |
| Lench wrote on Sun, 05 December 2004 14:08 |
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goatse!
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Location:
1st street on the right
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November 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 11:15
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| river wrote on Fri, 03 December 2004 22:56 |
Hi,
That's a 6502 processor - a la Apple2 vintage. Sorry for the hijack - I'll go back into my box now.
seeyuzz
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Ref back to the Bday thread.
Only a few here would know what a Aplle 2/2e was. Still make a good unit when about 10 are linked up together.
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Location:
sydney - paramatta
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March 2004
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Sun, 05 December 2004 23:24
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is it me, or do them clouds look like boobs hanging down from heaven, or bunch of angels mooninng us?
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 05 December 2004 23:58
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| thu187 wrote on Sat, 04 December 2004 02:42 |
You can see a little tiny outline and some remains of pixels around the telegraph poles in both pics.
I reckon they're fakes.
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Thats just shitty JPEG compression
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Location:
NSW Engadine
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Mon, 06 December 2004 07:59
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those first two look like the top of a freezer..
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NSW, East Coast
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July 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Mon, 06 December 2004 10:44
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| Lench wrote on Sun, 05 December 2004 14:08 |
fixed...hopefully lol
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I can see it know, "HOMER THIS IS GOD"
Freaky shit
Cheers
Steve
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Location:
I wanna go Hawaiiiiii.......
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November 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Mon, 06 December 2004 12:05
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The very top photo appears like the precursor to a series of tornado's.
before the columns become vertical.
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Brisbane / Gold Coast
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May 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Tue, 07 December 2004 12:38
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Got the 'offical' word from a mate of mine who used to work in the BOM.
"It's mammatus cloud. The first is one of the most spectacular pics I have ever seen of it.
Mammatus cloud usually forms under the anvil of Cb and it is indicative of a turbulent area of mixing between rising dry air and descending moist air. The word has the same root as "mammary" as the cloud is thought to look like udders hanging from the cloud."
So there ya go.
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Brisbane / Gold Coast
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May 2002
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Tue, 07 December 2004 13:11
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i'd love to see something like that in real life...would be awesome i reckon 
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Location:
Wollongong
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May 2002
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Thu, 09 December 2004 20:30
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Taken from the above site
Mammatus Clouds
sagging pouch-like structures
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 10 December 2004 00:27
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Thats amazing.
I had my doubts that they were real,
its great that they are legit.
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I supported Toymods
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May 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 10 December 2004 04:41
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There was a nice patch of these yesterday over Fairfield. They were located on the trailing edge of a big cumulonimbus that had just passed over.
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Fri, 10 December 2004 05:10
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| gianttomato wrote on Fri, 10 December 2004 15:41 |
There was a nice patch of these yesterday over Fairfield. They were located on the trailing edge of a big cumulonimbus that had just passed over.
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heeheheh GT said "cum"
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sat, 11 December 2004 03:08
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Thanks for pointing out the typo.
My understanding was that it meant "In simplicity lies truth."
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Sun, 12 December 2004 10:30
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maybe the clouds were cold and they got goosebumps
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2002
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Mon, 13 December 2004 20:23
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Wow I saw these above my mates house yesterday before the huge storm. Didnt look as good as the above pics though. But it was the sagging pouches no doubt
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Location:
Canberra
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August 2003
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Re: Check out these crazy clouds
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Wed, 15 December 2004 01:39
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| thu187 wrote on Sat, 04 December 2004 03:12 |
You can see a little tiny outline and some remains of pixels around the telegraph poles in both pics.
I reckon they're fakes.
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The pixelation is a result of a sudden change between 2 surfaces, indicative of a high level of jpeg compression.
jpeg is designed to cater for gradual transitions, but the nature of the approximations mean that high contrast areas result in pixelation. The higher the compression the worse the pixelation.
If you require proof take a photo of high contrast (I just used my black phone cord on white desk) edit the photo and increase the jpeg compression rate, and you see exactly the same pixelation.
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