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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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The SUN!!.... it's red!!!

Anyone see that?

Looking at the sky this morning I noticed that the sun was BLOOD RED.

Is the end near?
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:54 AM
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yup, saw it. bloody red!
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:55 AM
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we die at nooon
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:58 AM
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I'm scared!

*hides under desk*
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:12 AM
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Berryessa fire.
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ryball
Berryessa fire.
how far is that from sac?
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:24 AM
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it's in Napa basically
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Gogats
it is caused by atmospheric conditions
Light from the sun consists of three kinds of radiation - ultra-violet rays, visible light and infra-red rays. Unlike visible light, ultra-violet rays and infra-red rays cannot be seen.

The visible light's rays are white and consist of seven colours - violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (known simply as VIBGYOR).

The earth's dust, gas and air particles scatter the sun's light in different directions. Violet light has a peculiar property due to which it gets scattered the most. Red light gets scattered the least.

At sunrise the earth is rotating towards the sun. Similarly, during sunset, the earth is rotating away from the sun. During these times the sunlight has to travel at an angle and thus cover a longer distance through the atmosphere. It encounters more obstacles in its path. Most of the colours, like green and violet, get scattered before the light reaches the earth. Since red is scattered the least, it is this colour that we see as it reaches us.

During noontime, the sun is directly overhead and it appears white. This is because the sunlight has to cover a much lesser distance through the atmosphere and it faces less obstacles. Hence, it escapes a great deal of scattering.

In fact, if we were to calculate the distance the sun's rays have to travel through the denser part of the atmosphere (roughly around 150 kms) to any point on earth, we would find that this journey of the rays is almost 50 times more at sunrise and sunset than at noon.
Whoa.
I learned something in more detail today!

P.S But are we going to die at noon
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Scott@S-Squared
we die at nooon
Is that noon local time. What if my watch is 5 minutes slow?
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by R4ND0M_AX3
Is that noon local time. What if my watch is 5 minutes slow?
I think you'll die 5 mins later.
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Gogats
it is caused by atmospheric conditions
Light from the sun consists of three kinds of radiation - ultra-violet rays, visible light and infra-red rays. Unlike visible light, ultra-violet rays and infra-red rays cannot be seen.

The visible light's rays are white and consist of seven colours - violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (known simply as VIBGYOR).

The earth's dust, gas and air particles scatter the sun's light in different directions. Violet light has a peculiar property due to which it gets scattered the most. Red light gets scattered the least.

At sunrise the earth is rotating towards the sun. Similarly, during sunset, the earth is rotating away from the sun. During these times the sunlight has to travel at an angle and thus cover a longer distance through the atmosphere. It encounters more obstacles in its path. Most of the colours, like green and violet, get scattered before the light reaches the earth. Since red is scattered the least, it is this colour that we see as it reaches us.

During noontime, the sun is directly overhead and it appears white. This is because the sunlight has to cover a much lesser distance through the atmosphere and it faces less obstacles. Hence, it escapes a great deal of scattering.

In fact, if we were to calculate the distance the sun's rays have to travel through the denser part of the atmosphere (roughly around 150 kms) to any point on earth, we would find that this journey of the rays is almost 50 times more at sunrise and sunset than at noon.
sooooooooooooooooo... basically... berryessa fire?
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Gogats
it is caused by atmospheric conditions
Light from the sun consists of three kinds of radiation - ultra-violet rays, visible light and infra-red rays. Unlike visible light, ultra-violet rays and infra-red rays cannot be seen.

The visible light's rays are white and consist of seven colours - violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (known simply as VIBGYOR).

The earth's dust, gas and air particles scatter the sun's light in different directions. Violet light has a peculiar property due to which it gets scattered the most. Red light gets scattered the least.

At sunrise the earth is rotating towards the sun. Similarly, during sunset, the earth is rotating away from the sun. During these times the sunlight has to travel at an angle and thus cover a longer distance through the atmosphere. It encounters more obstacles in its path. Most of the colours, like green and violet, get scattered before the light reaches the earth. Since red is scattered the least, it is this colour that we see as it reaches us.

During noontime, the sun is directly overhead and it appears white. This is because the sunlight has to cover a much lesser distance through the atmosphere and it faces less obstacles. Hence, it escapes a great deal of scattering.

In fact, if we were to calculate the distance the sun's rays have to travel through the denser part of the atmosphere (roughly around 150 kms) to any point on earth, we would find that this journey of the rays is almost 50 times more at sunrise and sunset than at noon.
lies.. its a sign from the robots that they are ready to attack

STOP WITH YOUR LIES YOU AGENT OF THE ROBOTS !
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by soggynoodles
I think you'll die 5 mins later.
Then I should set my watch real slow and pull out the battery.
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Scott@S-Squared
lies.. its a sign from the robots that they are ready to attack

STOP WITH YOUR LIES YOU AGENT OF THE ROBOTS !
Oh Noes!! Teh yuor robits are coming!!!one!

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