Starship Asterisk*

I'm surprised that no one commented yesterday about the [quote="APOD Robot"][url=http://cdn.bitrebels.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Science-Fiction-Spaceship-Comparison-Infographic-3.png]alien mothership[/url] link.[/quote]

I found this totally fictional item to be the best part of yesterday's explanation.

Some ships that were too big to fit were the [i]Star Wars[/i] Death Star and the Battle Cruiser from [i]Spaceballs[/i] with the "We break for nobody" bumper sticker. :lol2:

Bruce

I seen that in Brazil, it is awesome and scary.

> Jagged sculptured clouds adorn the supercell's edge

Click on the photo to enlarge to see details of this but it's a low-res photo. If something is going to make it to the daily post, it should be bigger than 860*420. If someone is concerned about exposing a somewhat higher resolution photo of theirs on the open web, then this might not be the forum.

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170226.html][img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_170226.jpg[/img] [size=150]A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Is that a spaceship or a cloud? Although it may seem like an [url=http://cdn.bitrebels.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Science-Fiction-Spaceship-Comparison-Infographic-3.png]alien mothership[/url], it's actually a impressive thunderstorm cloud called a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell]supercell[/url]. Such [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvSHGx1ZO50]colossal storm[/url] systems center on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesocyclone]mesocyclones[/url] -- rotating updrafts that can span several kilometers and deliver [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTb5Yd20cM]torrential rain[/url] and high winds including [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060702.html]tornadoes[/url]. Jagged sculptured clouds adorn the supercell's [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080122.html]edge[/url], while wind swept dust and rain [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFW7PABbJYQ]dominate[/url] the center. A tree [url=http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/10/67%20Bear%20Waiting%20Patiently%20For%20Picnic.jpg]waits patiently[/url] in the foreground. The [url=http://www.seanrheavey.com/storm/h2d5b2812#h2d5b2812]above supercell cloud[/url] was photographed in 2010 July west of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow,_MT]Glasgow[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana]Montana[/url], [url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html]USA[/url], caused minor damage, and lasted several hours before moving on.

[b][table][tr][td=left][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=170225]<< Previous APOD[/url][/td] [td=center][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/view_retro.php?date=0226]This Day in APOD[/url][/td] [td=right][url=http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=170227]Next APOD >>[/url][/td][/tr][/table][/b]