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- orientis, on 05/20/2008, -10/+423Obviously discharge from the Earthquake Beam.
- Heywoodj, on 05/20/2008, -6/+259Desmond turned the key?
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -5/+200next time you see a rainbow, run for the open plains. If anyone asks what you are doing tell them you learned it from chinese clouds, and just keep hauling ass.
- Prototek, on 05/20/2008, -3/+148http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmHsP1gd8I
Here is a link to a similar atmospheric effect during earthquakes but these appear as bright flashes. Honestly, those clouds in the link look like normal refraction of light by water vapor a.k.a. rainbows. - Me0wmix, on 05/20/2008, -9/+153Thats xenu's message telling them to get the ***** out of there.
- MrTito, on 05/20/2008, -1/+138Side effects of moving the island.
- coheedcollapse, on 05/20/2008, -34/+106It's God's way of saying, "Hey, here's something special for you before I devastate your family and rip apart everything that you've ever worked for."
That guy is such a bastard. - tafkase7en, on 05/20/2008, -36/+93That's called a rainbow which is being reflected on the clouds..
- OpenFuture, on 05/20/2008, -3/+48The phenomena being exhibited in this video is known as a Circumhorizontal arc.
"A circumhorizontal arc or circumhorizon arc (CHA), also known as a fire rainbow, is a halo or an optical phenomenon similar in appearance to a horizontal rainbow, but in contrast caused by the refraction of light through the ice crystals in cirrus clouds."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizontal_arc
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/06 ... - pacificislandr4, on 05/20/2008, -2/+45Aye Brotha.
- sonofabeast, on 05/20/2008, -9/+49HAARP
- elipabst, on 05/20/2008, -7/+43Yes, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that two tectonic plates are colliding in that region and have already created the highest mountains in the world. Makes much more sense that it was caused by a US radar installation with secret powers to shake millions of tons of earth and rock. They also decided it would be a great idea to secretly test it by killing thousands of Chinese people, rather than using it in some part of the ocean or Nevada desert.
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -36/+71Bizarre glowing cloud phenomenon in the sky was observed about 10 mins before the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake took place. This was recorded in Meixian, Shaanxi province ~550km northeast of epicenter. The phenomenon was said to last for about 1 min.
source: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_cb00XMjc...
A map showing two locations where such clouds were sighted relative to Sichuan earthquake epicenters: http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/24...
See similar clouds appeared ~200km west of this location:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMTSD...
More photos:
http://shenyun.epochtimes.com/b5/8/5/...
The clouds seemed to be glowing. Maybe it's not formed by water vapour. The clouds seemed to have characteristics resembling the Auroras. Maybe it's formed by charged particles released from powerful seismic events below. As people are pointing out it's rare atmospheric phenomenon,I could well be wrong since I am not expert at all. Hope some scientists are willing to give a full explanation. - archivist, on 05/20/2008, -1/+36they dont make rooftops like that anymore
- vexingmodstwo, on 05/20/2008, -6/+38I can totally see how an earthquake that hasn't happened yet would cause weird rainbows... wait.. no I can't.
- JBabin3xB, on 05/20/2008, -4/+32Whats in the sky daddy?
Oh son thats just a rainbow made of fire - itsripitsrip, on 05/20/2008, -4/+29it's called a fire rainbow. google image search it. it forms when the sun is high in the sky and the clouds are stratus type i believe.
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+24Maybe it was a fire rainbow?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizontal_arc
I doubt it actually had anything to do with the earthquake. - DeskFlyer, on 05/20/2008, -4/+25You need to fix your links.
- supersoyboy, on 05/20/2008, -3/+24enough of your science. god put those plates there because of all the gays.
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -4/+23Must be talking about the Old Testament God. After he had his kid he mellowed out a bit.
- FadieZ, on 05/20/2008, -3/+21http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVamNQzfYA
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2453/ecjm1.jpg
http://shenyun.epochtimes.com/b5/8/5/14/n2116538.h ... - Elliuotatar, on 05/20/2008, -3/+21Just because one set of lights in the sky looks the same as another, that doesn't prove without a doubt that they were produced by the same mechanism.
Of course one incidence could be coincidence. The only way to know for sure would be to check to see if there have ever been any other similar reports of rainbow clouds before a quake.
One thing is for certain though. Animals seem to know before people when a quake is going to happen. There must be some mechanism which we are not aware of that allows them to do this. Low frequency sound waves? Polarized light? Disruptions of the earth's magnetic field? Electrical discharge? Gas emissions?
Who's to say that whatever allows them to detect these quakes can't also cause those ice crystals to align, or create a similar rainbow by some other means? Until we know what they're sensing, we can't say for sure what effects it might have. - doremon313, on 05/20/2008, -8/+25I guess it would be good for future reference, but 10 minutes is till not enough warning. >_
- maddvibe, on 05/20/2008, -12/+28spooky
- toeppen, on 05/20/2008, -1/+17Earthquake Lights are a confirmed geophysical phenomenon according to the USGS.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/faq.php?catego ... - phrenzy, on 05/20/2008, -3/+19Locke was wrong.
- crazyjake, on 05/20/2008, -2/+17Stand Back, I am going to try SCIENCE!!
ok, for real now, i am a meteorologist, but OpenFuture already beat me to the point. This is indeed Circumhorizontal Arc, it is just a coincidence (in my opinion) that it occurred right before the Earthquake. There are a lot of crazy things (technical term!) that the atmosphere does. This is one of the more obscure features. - rpi22, on 05/20/2008, -11/+25I hate to break it to you, but its just sunlight refracting through the water vapor in a matter similar to a rainbow. Spooooooooky!!!!
- bjornski, on 05/20/2008, -1/+13This is "proof"?
Color me unimpressed. - choopie911, on 05/20/2008, -1/+13Then why the ***** are you on digg? Isn't that 99% of what you do on digg?
- bokep, on 05/20/2008, -1/+13Wish granted, attention whore.
- forceuser, on 05/20/2008, -1/+12I laughed out loud a bit when I read that.. good job
- CrazedLeper, on 05/20/2008, -23/+34I don't think Project H.A.A.R.P. should be taken so lightly. The US Army has demonstrated time and time again that it will do absoloutely anything to kill masses of people with no qualms.
- Requench, on 05/20/2008, -1/+12Hmm, run away in fear of earthquake or run towards it in hopes it's raining gold? Tough call personally.
- DreamVsPs2, on 05/20/2008, -4/+15if you see rainbow clouds, f***ing run ( youtube comment)
- elipabst, on 05/20/2008, -4/+15Yes I watched one of the other HAARP conspiracy videos. I generally put these things into a category that I call "lazy intellectualism" because they are pseudoscience enough to actually sound kind of plausible, unless you do about 2 minutes of research and realize that they're utter ridiculous (like Loose Change). Why? An 8.0 earthquake outputs over 4.0 exajoules (10^18) of energy. That is a ***** of energy. With something like HAARP, you'd be using resonance to transfer electromagnetic energy into vibrational (kinetic) energy in the rock. So even if your transfer was 100% efficient, you'd need to input that amount of energy, unless somehow HAARP can defy the laws of thermodynamics. So HAARP would need to have an exawatt power supply, which is roughly 1 million times more energy than the entire world consumes in a year. I'm going with Occam on this one.
- euphioquestion, on 05/20/2008, -3/+14Alien spectral trail.
Yep. - iFrikkenR, on 05/20/2008, -2/+12Relevant your interests...
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4169 ... - lazlonger, on 05/20/2008, -1/+11i'm surprised that wiki article hasn't been updated yet...thanks for THE ANSWER buried deep in here. seriously.
- lazlonger, on 05/20/2008, -0/+10i like to put on this video, since it's nice and long, and then walk around the room pretending I'm at a party in China, listening ot the conversations and that wonderful music....
- dynatos, on 05/20/2008, -6/+16when you see it you'll ***** bricks
- Stonekeeper, on 05/20/2008, -3/+12ok. no need to haarp on about it...
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+10i would like to hear from a gynecologist on the subject personally.
- rheaume, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9Better video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVamNQzfYA&feature ...
- mparker7410, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8It's more than enough time to get out of a building and brace yourself.
- dawpa2000, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8It seems to be related to earthquake light, as evidenced by the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light - Dan137exe, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8What? No experts on glowing color-cloud phenomena? You're kidding.
- antonycao, on 05/20/2008, -1/+9Hi, emm..Is this the place where LOST fans hang out? Count me in!
- pyry, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8The song in the background is apparently 阿弥陀佛谢谢你. Can anyone translate or transliterate that? Sounds pretty.
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