New pictures of jupiter show that a huge band of dark clouds that normally surrounds the giant planet has vanished.The planet's appearance usually is dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere - one in the north and another in the south - along with the Giant Red Spot, an enormous storm that is more than twice the size of earth. All three were visible at the end of last year before the planet went behind the sun, when it re-emerged last month, new pictures from Australian astronomer Anthony Wesley showed the southern cloud band was nowhere to be seen. The photo at left shows Jupiter without the bands of clouds that typically circles its famous Giant Red Spot. The photo at right shows the cloud intact.
It doesn't look right , amateur astronomer Bob King of Duluth, Minn. , wrote on his blog...AstroBob. Jupiter with only one belt is almost like seeing Saturn when its rings are edge-on and invisible for a time.This is not the first time the southern band has gone missing. It vanished in the 1990s and was also absent in 1973 when NASA took its first close-up pictures of the planet according to New Scientist.
The disappearing band may be the result of changes in the color of the clouds that make it up, scientists believe.According to this theory, the band is obsured when whitish clouds form at its top, making it harder to see.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, more than 1,000 times bigger than Earth. The planet is a giant ball of gas and liguid with little or no solid surface. Wesley is already looking forward to seeing the southern band return, an event he hopes will happen this year or next. "Jupiter is a joy to observe," Wesley told Space.com "You can be sure there is always something violent and interesting going on."
My spin on space : My thanks go out to my PIC who is making me aware that space is very interesting and fun...a lot of things she told me or showed me about life I took for granted ...Global Warming ...the Polar Bears... and all endangered species,including mankind....Thanks PIC.
Thankyou Sweetie, you are a joy...J
HTF are you PIC??
ReplyDeleteHi sweetie...how's it going? Is everyone doing okay?? Don'tknow why I asked that, I know Brian is being frisky and Nana is sure on her job.
ReplyDeleteIs Nana's cough any better. hope so?
I was going to ask you...do jakey participate in track / field??
Hi Pic...just hanging out waiting for the choochie to get stroke
ReplyDeleteIt's going.
ReplyDeleteNana's cough is bad and now Brian has the cold.I guess his resistance is still pretty low. He is sick and miserable.
Nana is back on the job though.Mean as ever. That's a good sign.
Jakey likes the broad jump and the long jump.He likes to practice at home.
ReplyDeleteIs Jill interested in sports?Does she still take dancing?
ReplyDeletecan you give them hot toddies with honey / lemon...if nothing else it will help them rest / sleep.
ReplyDeleteYes she's still in ballet but don't like it as much..she likes to do the belly roll as she calls it.
ReplyDeleteShe like T-Ball ...right now she's getting the hang of her bike, Dad took the training wheels off , she's into something different each day, that child is a tom boy from her heart, I can't complain, I was one too.
That is my favorite remedy.
ReplyDeleteIt seems we don't have any problems tonight.Blogger is behaving.
Jakey may be in the summer games and win a medal...boy that would be great.
ReplyDeleteNow we know what's going on, it don't happen to often.
ReplyDeleteI see we heard from Lina , I ask her where she been and she can comment anywhere.
I like the heading on Murray post and what you added.
ReplyDeleteI showed Sis where you said I was a joy, she says you would sing a different ture if you was here, you would say I'm a pain in the butt.
I wish he could be an athlete but he is too sick.He can dream though.
ReplyDeleteHe has enough activities with Karate and special black belt and leadership classes.His energy doesn't go far.Sometimes after karate he kind of collapses.
It sounds like Jill is a real tom-boy. I know you were and I was one too.I was up trees climbing up roofs and jumping off. Swinging on ropes into the lake and building tree-houses. I tried to build a raft like Huck Finn and launch it into the local river.It fell to pieces when I climbed aboard.
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to him, he's so lovable and sweet.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he'll make his notch in writing/ drawing.
I hope he can get into the program.
Maybe as he get older he will grow stronger, we can hope and pray can't we ???
Canada is a great place for kids to grow up.
ReplyDeleteI bet you can be a pain in the butt. But you can be a joy too.If you were a joy all the time you would be boring.So that is the positive side of being a bitch.
It's wonderful what kids can find to entertain themselves.
ReplyDeletedaddy didn't let us go to other kids homes but they could come to ours.
I think Lina is more of a reader than a commenter like other readers we have known. She is right about Charlie Sheen. he ain't worth no $2 million. I don't want him to dominate my tv screen.
ReplyDeleteI can be a nasty bitch if I have too.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at Nan's note she was writing you and I told her that was a whole damn book and she said she wanted to get it all down and it may take more than 3/4 posts .That girl don't want to leave out nothing.
I was looking at Criminals Minds on A&E and just look around and DC has his ass on now.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the same thing. He has his old girl friend, 'whazzername' doing under-cover work.
ReplyDeleteNever liked Charlie and who wants to see a fart-ass like him, the only good part is that Jake can sing.People that like his show is retarded.Who wants to see a drunk always screwing around, it should be a reality show it seems to be about his life.
ReplyDeleteYalina is her name and she's the only one that has chemistry with him, she looks at him as if she could fuck his brains out...HA!
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to read Nan's notes.She tells a good story.
ReplyDeleteIf I had larger kids Charlie's show would be off limits.
ReplyDeleteThere is a book in this story. You have to get someone to write it.I could do it but it would take me quite a while.I
ReplyDeleteNan says I would do a lot better to if I jot down want I wanted to say instead of jumping all over the place...she says in that way I can keep it in order .
ReplyDeleteYalina! That's it, thanks.Yes the sexual tension is still there between them.It always was strong.
ReplyDeleteDo it if you like too, I know you are a better writer than that Palin bitch.
ReplyDeleteGil says he's going to write his family history...not to be publish but for his kids so they will know their history...I asked him about Victoris and he said she wrote what people wanted to hear, not all was true and money was the name of her game and a lot more of them.
Nan sounds organized. It's a good practice if you are a writer to take notes before you start. I only do it sometimes.
ReplyDeleteDC had nothing going with his wife that love affair was for the birds.
ReplyDeleteYou know you are right about that show being almost a reality show about his life. Maybe they should develop that idea.
ReplyDeleteNan has to do a lot of writing in her job...I had a lot of numbers and figures in mine and when I had my shop.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you did your own book-keeping at your dress shop. I take it you are good with numbers.That is an area I avoid like the plague.
ReplyDeleteI will not watch Charlie he's not a good actor.
ReplyDeleteI rather watch DC anyday, I know what an ass-hole he is but I have never heard anyone say he put a knife around his women throats.
I bet they all could kick his ass and I heard somewhwere that Liza was abusing him [giggles].
Frank sounds like he is from Texas.If they replaced DC and Callie, they might make it into a decent show.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it Wolf ain't so hot either.
ReplyDeleteIs dad still with you?
How is the negotiating going? Slow I bet.
Frankly, I would enjoy kicking DC's white ass. Wouldn't you??
ReplyDeleteYes I kept my own books but I had an accountant also to keep me straight and legal. Table games it was mostly numbers and very little writing...writing down each daeler's tip and logging them in the books so they would get them on their checks.
ReplyDeleteYou're a smart cookie. You could have had a chain of shops by now.Life takes you down some crazy roads.
ReplyDeleteI would squash his ass like a pancake if you left any for me.
ReplyDeleteI think Frank is from Texas and his dad died not long ago, he was a saleman of some sort. Wolfe I never got the feel for him, he was always kissing up to DC.
Nan says we don't have an up-scale fabric shop here and we should think about one, people are getting back into sewing / quilting.
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to figure out what women saw in DC..it must have been the red hair.
ReplyDeleteWomen are making more of their own things again.I noticed it at my fabric shop. Quilting is popular once more.
ReplyDeleteThe red hair must have drawn the women to him He was better looking when he was young but he didn't age well.
ReplyDeleteI would never be able to court /married a man like DC... the boy is to white, hell he make love to me and when he get off I would be spotted or striped.
ReplyDeleteMaybe his junk is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteDrinkig smoking and not getting enough rest and eating right will take a toll on you.
ReplyDeleteThe dangle that has delved a thousand choochies.
ReplyDeleteMaybe there is an award for that. Let's nominate him.
ReplyDeleteI would be so scared of his junk, shit I will be screwing all the women he screwed. DC pull that thing on me I would run like the devil on my ass.
ReplyDeleteYou think he could beat out Gene Simmions...you know Gene has a mighty big /long tongue.Hahaha
ReplyDeleteHow's Maxy doing? Has Brian did his jiggle dance?
ReplyDeleteJean claims to have luvved three thousand women.I wonder if he practiced safe sex.His junk is apparently quite impressive but I bet his tongue had a lot of action too.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the jiggle dance tonight. He went straight to bed with a nasty cold. He was very grumpy too.I wouldn't let him drag me down though. I'm in a great mood.
ReplyDeleteMaxy gets his heartworm test and vaccinations next Wednesday, so he will be mad at me for hours maybe days. He'll turn his back when I walk past him.
ReplyDeleteSee I'm still jumping around...you asked me how the negotiating going,it's going slow but Dad and aunt Mae is not backing down and Gil /Leon told them to take their time because they are paying them and they don't come cheap. They all are mad as hell and one of the lawyers told Gil he was being unreasonable,aunt Mae said Gil told the guy to sit down and shut up if he don't have an offer to bring to the table, I went to pick up lunch, I told aunt Mae to tell what happens.
ReplyDeleteMaxy is just like a child, he's so spoiled and I bet he makes you laugh a lot. I bet he's taking care of Brian now, maybe taken him one of his cookies.
ReplyDeleteSee, Gil is in charge, as it should be.They can't put one over on him.I just hope it hasn't ruined family relations permanently for you all.
ReplyDeleteBetts told Shirley she wanted to have a dinner party and Shirley asked her why...that was a lot of hard work to put it all together.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to close for the night I have another early morning.Got a doctor's appointment and another with the accountant.
ReplyDeleteSo Sweetie,go see if you can get stroked, poked or squeezed (all good)And have a peaceful sleep with wonderful dreams of beating DC's ass.
Kiss your little man for me.I remember the welcome note I wrote to him on Heidi's blog....All the best...hugs...PIC
They will be okay and if not they are the losers and the way I hear it they never cared for Gil or aunt Mae's kids...aunt Mae say Rosa [Gil's mother] always made the 4 of them do the best they could in school.She believed in education.
ReplyDeletePost Script: Betts is trying to copy you...HA! It won't work.
ReplyDeleteI remember the note you wrote to him and he was a big boy even then.
ReplyDeleteI will have to let you go before 12:00 your time because you are the only one to do all the running right now, but don't worry the "ROCK" will be up and at it soon.
Have a good night and I will catch you later.
GOODNITE...HUGS & KISSES...PIC
Kiss the ROCK...Nite
PPS: GIl's mom sounds like a special lady. I hope they dedicate that house to her.It would be a great gesture of respect to her and it would help countless women.
ReplyDeletePost Script...I have been doing this a long time...I'm good at my game...
ReplyDeleteMy man says I look good on his arm and to just smile and look cute.
Betts want to be the whole show, I told her we are there to help our husbands and to talk about little things not ourselves....NITE SWEETIE....PIC
PPS: They are thinking about it and Gil says that's a great idea you had. Now go to bed [giggles] NITE...PIC
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