NASA Satellite Snaps Rare Cloud-Free Ireland 113
coondoggie writes "NASA's Aqua satellite recently snapped a cloud-free shot of Ireland. The cloud-free view is extremely rare as the country is almost entirely cloud covered 50% of the time according to the Irish Meteorological Service, Met Éireann. There are more clouds during the day than at night, and fog is common."
Go figure (Score:4, Funny)
No wonder they drink so much. Every time they go outside and look up, all they see is a depressing cloud blocking all the sunlight. Being sh*t faced is probably the only way to get the gloom out of the day.
Good news! (Score:3, Funny)
They finally killed the last male Bundy!
Re:Go figure (Score:5, Funny)
Ireland learnt its two-decade lesson about monetary policy and raised the cloud tax. The invisible hand of God moved the clouds somewhere cheaper...
(...perhaps to Wales, which is reluctantly under Her Majesty's rule, but allows us some payback in local cloud tax for the support we've loaned to our green neighbours. Britain's main industry is clouds, you see... and only the white ones, since Thatcher abolished the black sooty ones after a wrestling match with Arthur Scargill in 1984.)
Re:Question having RTFA (Score:4, Funny)
I think that Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude. Also, Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.
At least, according to NASA.
Pfft, that's nothing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Go figure (Score:5, Funny)
Pet peeve - is it really necessary to misspell "you're" as "your", throw in unnecessary profanity, and generally use bad grammar/capitalization/etc?
If you're going to be a pedant on style, at least use good style.
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
IMF (Score:5, Funny)
Jaysus sake, the IMF are taking even the feckin' clouds away now.
Re:Go figure (Score:4, Funny)
im sorry, I did not realize I was on the association of anal retentive english majors page
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