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Thanks, Boomer! I was also wondering whether Mt. Fuji isn't likely to act up again one day? Don't know anything about it and might check that out. In theory, I would imagine, it is still considered as potentially active ... they must be monitoring its seismic status until a first warning becomes due...

Boomer, those are spectacular sights - especially the one where the cloud is forming a virtually straight TOWER! Not to mention the colours pointing to a sunset - or is it sunrise? I don't remember when I last observed a sunrise since at that time of the day I am in deep-sleep mode ...

Boomer, they are both great shots! For some reason my favourite constellation seems to be Orion, so wherever it shows I enjoy it - thanks! The moon over Mt. Fuji would make a fantastic panorama to paste to, and fill, a whole wall in my home ...
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Thanks guys (or is it Rob?) for the link - I actually hadn't listened to this song in ages! As they say, umm, to find the truth, we must go beyond the classical music scene. Sorry if this is considered a troll.

For Neufer: thanks for the illustrations although I have a problem interpreting them correctly.
I see the solution in turning our globe upside down, pole-wise, and see what happens if the antarctic is on top instead of down under ... I'll be moving to the equatorial belt ...

Yah, I guess you tagged me down. But so be it - I normally don't profess my beliefs in public, only felt that here I had to make an exception because the initial 'harmless' comment on the name "Greenland" led to a whole string of comments I hadn't figured on getting ... so I bared my soul ...

My mistrust goes against scientists and politicians across the board. If there is a single one (or more than one?) in the pack who doesn't howl with the rest of the wolves, I wouldn't know how to find him ... Who is to name to me, totally without bias and favouritism, which of the lot is to be trust...

Well, Geckzilla, one last post to 'defend' myself ... the only newspapers I read are "Mail&Guardian" (South Africa) and "El Correo" (Spain), unbiased on international matters and even pretty neutral on internal affairs. I am living in both countries a half of each year, but r...

Believe it or not: I have not read a single website on the subject so far, denier or staunch supporter kind! In fact, I don't browse around looking for controversial subjects - I am almost an "anti-browser" and usually stick to URLs pointed out to me by friends or family, tho none of these...

I had better clarify that it is not my belief that scientists are involved in a conspiracy from which they could hardly benefit themselves (besides dubious fame), but that they work with a huge margin of error by, on one hand, applying tunnel vision on the other trusting computers which (if left to ...

Thanking all that have contributed to my query! I am genuinely interested in the subject and will study it further. One thing though remains being said by this querulous interlocutor: couldn't we accept that we are entering another "Warm Period" such as the one which happened in the Middle...

Addendum to my last comment: just read Chris Petersen - so I still maintain what I said earlier on ...

You made me smile with this explanation, geckzilla. In the days of Erik the Red surely there didn't exist a massive over-population in northern Europe to delegate people to an island way out there - the way we may end up settling on Mars if humanity doesn't curb its birthrate ... Unless, of course, ...

Frankly, I understand that greenland would be the description of a place full of vegetation. How then is the island not called "Whiteland"??? How long ago was the green name given to the area (who was accountable for this?) and what did humanity do to convert a lush island into an icy &quo...

M - Penny for your thoughts when you read what I personally always thought, i.e. "Video killed the radio star" ...
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It's all in the beholder's eye ... when it comes to "interpret" images such as the NGC 3582, I have a couple of suggestions: look at it again and maybe you see what I see, a) a Spanish Flamenco dancer in a turquoise outfit or b) an ancient Roman orator in his flowing robe holding up a scro...

I hadn't chuckled for a while until I came across stephen63's addendum - nice going!

I think this shrinking method might be my first approach to get the picture up there - it might just work in spite of my rather rudimentary knowledge of these matters. Thanks for trying to help! Next I would follow Beyond's advice which makes a lot of sense also. If I sign up for any other forum how...

Well, I have to thank you for a very human answer to my query even though I don't know what sort of inhabitants Beyonder Land breeds: humans? I shall take your advice and check out Google. Maybe I even find something among Apple's software suppliers. Sometime in the near future, when you see a pictu...

From Cloudgazer to Cloudgazer ... sorry, but I don't know how else to go about this: to add an avatar to my profile how on earth do I get a photo down to 6Kb and still SEE something? I am working with iPhoto and am totally lost since I cannot possibly get anything seeable under 100Kb. Any ideas by s...

Oh NOOOO, that's just about a portrait of myself - can't use that. I am desperately trying to reduce my chosen avatar to 6Kb, so far without success. I can't seem to get under 100Ks, so again: give me time ...

Hmmm, now I see what kind of a crowd I joined - don't know if I am sharp-witted enough to take the flak and still drop a bomb.
Give me time, especially since I am not writing in my mother tongue. I also think that I need to look for an avatar ....

Hi! Of course I'll continue pursuing my obsession with clouds ... meanwhile found a few interesting articles on the K-Hs now that my interest is roused. Don't quite get your comment re 'answer to question'.

Thanks a lot, Neufer, for clarifying - just when I thought I had caught something really rare and spectacular. Just tell me how frequent these Kelvin-Helmholtzes are and whether I am likely to see some of these again. This was the very first time and I've been cloud-gazing for many years ... Cloudga...

Not having heard about roll clouds until the APOD crossed my way, I now know that I did have a sighting on 14th of May this year in South Africa, precisely from my garden in the George area/Southern Cape. Being an amateur photographer with a simple digital camera I still believe that the 3 photos I ...