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Strange Clouds at the Edge of Space

science.nasa.gov — Astronauts on board the International Space Station have recently photographed strange electric-blue clouds hovering at the edge of space.

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  • Jeebugorn, on 08/27/2008, -1/+44when i read "edge of space" i thought it was talking about the edge of ALL space, not the edge of our atmosphere.
  • T440, on 08/27/2008, -11/+21It Gon RAIN!
  • slapded, on 08/27/2008, -0/+7who wants this dog!?!?
  • T440, on 08/27/2008, -1/+7What a dumb thing to write. Here is a very fascinating article about clouds or something and all you can do is quote Family Guy? Sad..
  • atgmac, on 08/27/2008, -0/+5If you're going to post a pointless comment like that, you could at least spell it correctly.
  • whoreable, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4You must be new to the internet. google "get a brain morans".
  • Skooma714, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4There are four lights!
  • JasonCox, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3V'ger.
  • grantmoore3d, on 08/27/2008, -1/+4All this "go green" ***** marketing is creating a Smug System!!!
  • SevenTwo, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2"Of what import are brief, namless lives ... to Galactus??"
  • TexanRudeBoy, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2When you make an attempt at a "funny" comment, it helps to read more than the header...........
  • yetAnotherCroc, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2approximately 100 km above the earth surface (Or 80 something according to NASA. Cheating americans!)
  • leftysrevenge, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2I for one welcome our noctilucent cloud-hovering overlords.
  • AndrewDB, on 08/27/2008, -2/+4So wouldn't the proper name of this "formation" be the Summusstratosphere, or the upper air sphere?
  • ismschisms, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Duh. Sentient nano-clouds from Alpha Centauri come to observe us. Sheesh. I should be a scientist.
  • Skooma714, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Everybody look like ants!
  • dmadip, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2wait wait let me guess..... Global Warming?
  • Scoreboard, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2It's not a cloud, it's a curtain with a little wizard behind it.
  • kelmaster1, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2I don't know if it's cool or disturbing that we have no idea what causes these.
  • zarrel40, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Pretty sweet pictures.

    Dugg for oregon. ha
  • haynesjgator, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Kind of reminds me of Star Trek TNG episode 'Where No One Has Gone Before" when the crew is thrown across the universe by "The Traveler". In that area thoughts and reality were combined, very cool. Proof that Star Trek is a a prophetic view into our future... ;-)
  • erichw1504, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Get ready for the revolution in the year 2012.
  • Remelox, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Ignore the ...oh, nevermind.
  • majordanger, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1It will be tough to see these clouds from both sides. (apologies to Judy Collins)
  • BiggestAl, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Oh god! The Smug!!
  • Iatethecrayon, on 08/27/2008, -1/+2Congrats! Your reply is dumber than the Family Guy quote above.
  • loudnobnoxious, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1I thought it was Ozone, Methane, Nitric Oxide, Carbon Dioxide, and a few trace aerosols.
  • JoeHammer, on 08/27/2008, -2/+3says the guy that can't spell "morons."
  • uptwolait, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Floating space trash.
  • RealmDown, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1 I guess that I was too obscure ---

    Star Trek TOS. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" ( Gary Mitchell )



  • h3lx, on 08/27/2008, -1/+2Could this be the signature seeping event that ultimately spells doom for Earth? Are seemingly minuscule amounts of atmosphere drifting into space? Are we doomed to live the rest of our lives in an anoxic sea suspended in a state hypoxic euphoria only to ultimately succumb to near fatal HA flatus expulsion? We may never know.

    http://www.fartsurvey.com/survey.php5
  • patriamus, on 08/27/2008, -1/+1the bible told me about the edge. i've been to the edge...
  • drewniverse, on 08/27/2008, -1/+0It's a first!
  • Iatethecrayon, on 08/27/2008, -2/+1I think if I saw these clouds outside, I would think they were just normal clouds. This is cool though, don't get me wrong...
  • wijzewillem, on 08/27/2008, -4/+2There's two edges, this is the Other one ;)
  • whoreable, on 08/27/2008, -7/+4It is space....THERE IS NO EDGE MORANS.
  • Culyt, on 08/27/2008, -4/+1Agreed, although I figured it was the edge of the solar system rather than ALL space.

    Then again the universe surrounded by strange blue clouds would be interesting...
  • goerg, on 08/27/2008, -5/+1dito
  • drewniverse, on 08/27/2008, -6/+1This is the part where Buck Rogers get's on the horn and start's yelling at his inter-galactic cross-gender cross-species wife. Stupid bitch shouldn't be smokin that rock!
  • Culyt, on 08/27/2008, -7/+2They found heaven. LET THE CONQUEST BEGIN!

    ☢
  • Monkiest, on 08/27/2008, -5/+0"He said there's a storm comin'"
  • JoeHammer, on 08/27/2008, -7/+2Anyone else feel like NASA is the only organization in the world that get away with stuff like this without people screaming "SHOPPED!!!"

  • RealmDown, on 08/27/2008, -9/+1Why Gary, what lovely silver eyes you have.
  • coolboy0286, on 08/27/2008, -10/+1For our weather report, we head to Olly.

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