Papist Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 [img]http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-confused002.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthephysicist Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Amazing science fact: raining animals is a relatively common meteorological phenomenon, with occurrences reported from many countries throughout history. The animals most likely to drop from the sky in a rainfall are fish and frogs, with birds coming third. Sometimes the animals survive the fall, especially fish, suggesting a small time gap between the extraction and the actual drop. Several witnesses of raining frogs describe the animals as startled, though healthy, and exhibiting relatively normal behavior shortly after the event. In some incidents, however, the animals are frozen to death or even completely enclosed in blocks of ice. These occurrences may be evidence for the transport of the victims to high altitudes, where the temperature is below zero, and they show how powerful meteorological forces can be. Most recent occurrences include the rain of frogs and toads in Serbia (2005) and London (1998), and rains of fish in India (2006) and Wales (2004). In Honduras, the Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fishes) is a unique phenomenon that has been occurring for more than a century on a yearly basis in the country of Honduras. It occurs in the Departamento de Yoro, between the months of May and July. Witnesses of this phenomenon state that it begins with is a dark cloud in the sky followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for 2 to 3 hours. Once the rain has stopped, hundreds of living fish are found on the ground. People take the fish home to cook and eat them. Although some experts have tried to explain the Rain of Fishes as a natural meteorological phenomenon, the fish are not sea water fish, but fresh water fish; they are not dead, but alive; they are not blind, they have eyes; they are not big fish, but small; and the type of fish is not found elsewhere in the area. There is no valid scientific explanation for this phenomenon. Many people believe this phenomenon occurs because of Father José Manuel Subirana, a Spanish catholic missionary and considered by many to be a Saint. He visited Honduras from 1856-1864, and upon encountering so many poor people, prayed for 3 days and 3 nights asking God for a miracle to help the poor people by providing food. The Rain of Fishes has occurred ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 The below razzle dazzle image is from NASA's Dawn mission. It shows the topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid Vesta. Around the time of Dawn's departure from Vesta in the late summer of 2012, dawn was beginning to creep over the high northern latitudes, which were dark when Dawn arrived in the summer of 2011. These color-shaded relief maps show the northern and southern hemispheres of Vesta, derived from images analysis. Colors represent distance relative to Vesta's center, with lows in violet and highs in red. In the northern hemisphere map(left image), the surface ranges from lows of minus 13.82 miles to highs of 27.48 miles. Light reflected off the walls of some shadowed craters at the north pole (in the center of the left image) was used to determine the height. In the southern hemisphere map on the right (right image), the surface ranges from lows of minus 23.65 miles to 26.61 miles. The shape model was constructed using images from Dawn's framing camera that were obtained from July 17, 2011, to August 26, 2012. The data have been stereo-graphically projected on a 300-mile-diameter sphere with the poles at the center. The three craters that make up Dawn's "snowman" feature can be seen at the top of the northern hemisphere map on the left. A mountain more than twice the height of Mount Everest, inside the largest impact basin on Vesta, can be seen near the center of the southern hemisphere map on the right. [img]http://i.imgur.com/Lr8c0.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 What a razzle dazzle caterpillar. It is called the jewel caterpillar. grows to just barely over an inch in length and is a member of the moth species known as Acraga coa. As camouflage goes, it's almost like the caterpillar uses mother nature's version of a cloaking device. Although, the red polka dots inside its clear spikes would probably make it an obvious target for predators. [img]http://i.imgur.com/Qd2nx.jpg[/img] What's even crazier is that the Jewel Caterpillar will eventually turn into a moth that looks like a tiny flying furry Irish Setter. [img]http://i.imgur.com/5VpB7.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Razzle dazzle origami. [img]http://i.imgur.com/7EszD.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/nHJtP.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/8bJ3O.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) BlackBerry answer to the iPhone, [img]http://www.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/blackberry_10_homescreen_leak.jpg[/img] Full demo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TlbMAPAFuY Edited November 14, 2012 by Papist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Razzle dazzle advance in technology. [img]http://i.imgur.com/Lzsvl.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 razzle dazzle pizza cutter. [img]http://i.imgur.com/F5TD3.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) My new razzle dazzle coffee mug and coasters. [img]http://www.kiddicool.com/assets/img/gifts/rubiks-cube-mug.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.getting-personal.net//siteimages/products/17/18717/mediaviewer_a.jpg[/img] Edited November 20, 2012 by Papist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Fantastic thread. I really should come down to the LB more often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Amesome razzle dazzle caterpillar. Right out of a sci-fi film. [img]http://i.imgur.com/em7Gq.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Razzle dazzle multi-tasking. [img]http://i.imgur.com/q46AV.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthephysicist Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 [img]http://gifs.gifbin.com/122009/1260528582_shaolin_monk_balances_on_2_fingers.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 razzle dazzle keyboard I love multi-tasking gadgets. [img]http://i.imgur.com/MTgo2.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1353951866' post='2516977'] razzle dazzle keyboard I love multi-tasking gadgets. [img]http://i.imgur.com/MTgo2.png[/img] [/quote] I need one of these, but it needs a deep cup holder (to prevent spills). eta: You know, on second thought, no. If I moved the keyboard my beverage would spill... that wouldn't be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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