Comments on: The Big Picture: Hurricanes

By: Chris G

Chris G — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:01:54 +0000

Yikes, that one with the solar panels is one of the most disorienting pictures I’ve ever seen. I keep thinking I’m looking UP past skyscrapers…

By: Karen Stollznow

Karen Stollznow — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:46:28 +0000

Magnificent…

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:52:18 +0000

Very nice. Big Picture is one of my new favorites, too—my desktop background is the NASA VAB with a storm rolling in, from one of their previous features.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:16:34 +0000

@Torbjörn

“Or is that “woo woo”?”

Depends on how fun a ride it is.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:54:44 +0000

You see charged particles start spinning in the same direction in the upper atmosphere. Then the charged particles attract water droplets and with all the particles spinning the wind picks and you have hurricane.

ROTFL! Add that the spin is a sign of intelligent design (with an intelligently designed hat tip to John Kingman) and you have your very own intelligently designed plasma universe woo. (Or is that “woo woo”?)

By: killyosaur

killyosaur — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:06:57 +0000

Beautiful pic, is now my new desktop wallpaper (replacing the default one that came from dell, though my desktop computer still has a blood elf on it.)

By: kuhnigget

kuhnigget — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:10:36 +0000

Love this comment from the Boston Globe’s comment section:

“Bored … Only can see the white swirls, should have some photos with a broader perspective.”

How much more freakin’ broad can you get than orbiting the planet? Oh, wait, I guess they should have included pictures of houses and stuff gettin’ blowed up real good.