Comments on: Skeptically thinking about neat weather phenomena

By: Mia

Mia — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:17:14 +0000

30. Cedestra – April 19th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Sorry, I quickly edited the list before sending it in- thanks for correcting everything!
As crazy as some of these look, the only “fake” picture on here is the frog rain. I took that from a site that was poking fun of London weather, I believe. The mammatus clouds photo, as far as I know, was real. Perhaps extremely photoshopped, but real.
I myself have only seen about 7 of these, including the Aurora Borealis, twice. Once was just south of Iceland on a trip to France and the other was a fluke when it hit northwestern Massachusetts, where I was living at the time.

–> this is the author of that article’s comment. so as u can see, the raining fish? not real :D hope that helps.

By: namita verma

namita verma — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:56:34 +0000

its true that the pictures are amazing and beautiful but at the same time they leave so many questions to be answered… The authors are unknown. no proof is there to show that these pics were actually taken to explain some scientific phenomena or atleast prove their existence..

and what about this NON AQUOUS rain. how can animals like frogs or fishes be ever evaporated? anyone who knows about the simple concept of cloud formation will never ever accept this..

By: aaron sandlin

aaron sandlin — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:43:26 +0000

yeah i think it is really embarrassing to the people of the site that they didn’t include the photographers names thats there hard work and

sacrifice, and hard work gone to waste because some person thought they could take it from them if i was the photographer and i see

that i would be pissed that my name was not on it

By: Greg Maxwell

Greg Maxwell — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:11:08 +0000

I think you should remove the link to that site. The photgraphs are indeed pretty but the blog hasn’t even bothered crediting the photographers much less abiding by their copyright…. That kind of sloppiness is an anti-social behavior which shouldn’t be supported no matter how you feel about copyright law.

(I know the photographs are not by the author of the blog because I recognize the aurora image)

It’s that kind of sloppy behavior with respect to basic attribution, much less the full implications of copyright law, that is use to justify obnoxious DRM technology which hurts everyone, even those who are not irresponsible enough to need the nanny laws.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:24:26 +0000

I suspect the transport mechanism would have to be wind. If a strong wind is required to lift a frog, then only the slightest breeze might be required to lift a bacteria. I don’t really see any other possibilities. There are no known wing structures on the microscopic level (and none of the bacteria found as nuclei so far could fly), and there’s no way the bacteria could be lighter than air the way a helium balloon might. So it just has to be wind.

By: Kelly Martin

Kelly Martin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:44:03 +0000

My favorite cloud formation was the time that we saw a pink cloud that very much looked like a cock, with a rainbow emerging from its tip. Without a doubt, the gayest cloud ever. Unfortunately, didn't have a camera with us at the time. Also, you should be aware that most raindrops have at their nuclei bacteria. That's significantly larger than a molecule of salt. Those bacteria get back up there somehow; there clearly are transport mechanisms that lift microscopic lifeforms up into the air on a routine basis.