Plankton in the Clouds

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Posted by timothy on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:18AM from the pray-for-rain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA is reporting that the September 1997 Pacific hurricane, Nora, was able to deliver sea salt and plankton as far inland as Oklahoma. The tale-tell signs of prismatic light halos around cirrus clouds pointed to ice crystals with nucleated hexagons and sea-salted clouds. Various proposals have been made previously about such 'life in the clouds' proposals on other planets like Jupiter and Venus."

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Intelligent life in Oklahoma... (Score:5, Funny)

by MosesJones ( 55544 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:20AM (#5823628) Homepage

Is now only a few billion years of evolution away... :-)

Who needs dogs and cats... (Score:3, Funny)

by MeanE ( 469971 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:29AM (#5823663) Homepage

when you have sea salt and plankton.

Is it just plankton... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:30AM (#5823664)

... or plankton in the sky with diamonds?

I wonder (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:32AM (#5823672)

Is there life in the rings around Uranus?

Thank god no horrible spongebob references. (Score:3, Funny)

by Crasoum ( 618885 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:34AM (#5823679) Journal

Means I can be the first to get the crabby patty recipe

Yet more exciting! (Score:3, Funny)

by sn0wcrash ( 223995 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:54AM (#5823752)

There have been reports of dogs, people and farm animals to name a few in the clouds during several tornados! This must say alot about the possibility of life on Jupiter!!!

Re:Europa (Score:2, Funny)

by kinnell ( 607819 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @07:59AM (#5823780)

Give it another 7 years ;-)

That sounds like a horrible Beatles song (Score:5, Funny)

by Rhinobird ( 151521 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @08:07AM (#5823812) Homepage

Plankton in the sky with algea?

I seem to remember someone finding spiders and vaious bacteria way up before, and as soon as they brought them back down to eath they came back alive. Curse my bad memory.

OOOOOklahoma! (Score:5, Funny)

by Joe the Lesser ( 533425 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @08:24AM (#5823867) Homepage Journal

Where the plankton comes sweeping down the plains!!!

English as second language? (Score:3, Funny)

by cybermace5 ( 446439 ) writes: <g.ryan@macetech.com> on Monday April 28, 2003 @08:43AM (#5823955) Homepage Journal

I always kind of thought the term was tell-tale.

I guess once the FAA gets word of this, they'll require algae impact testing on airliner windshields .

Star Control II was right... (Score:2, Funny)

by BondHeadGuy ( 529371 ) writes: <.moc.sregor. .ta. .ydaerccmtrebor.> on Monday April 28, 2003 @08:58AM (#5824045) Homepage

...about those Slylandro gas bags. Don't ask them about their glowy bits!

not before my coffee (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @09:07AM (#5824092)

prismatic light halos around cirrus clouds pointed to ice crystals with nucleated hexagons and sea-salted clouds

right. run that by me again?

They must be in heaven (Score:2, Funny)

by mnmn ( 145599 ) writes: on Monday April 28, 2003 @09:19AM (#5824155) Homepage

Hey this plankton came from cloud No 9, came with a tiny harp.

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Intelligent life in Oklahoma... (Score:5, Funny)

Who needs dogs and cats... (Score:3, Funny)

Is it just plankton... (Score:2, Funny)

I wonder (Score:0, Funny)

Thank god no horrible spongebob references. (Score:3, Funny)

Yet more exciting! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Europa (Score:2, Funny)

That sounds like a horrible Beatles song (Score:5, Funny)

OOOOOklahoma! (Score:5, Funny)

English as second language? (Score:3, Funny)

Star Control II was right... (Score:2, Funny)

not before my coffee (Score:0, Funny)

They must be in heaven (Score:2, Funny)

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