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mouser - 2008-10-22

Not gravity waves per se but waves nonetheless. And cool ones too.


baleen - 2008-10-22


I think they may actually be gravity waves.

"When a fluid parcel is displaced on an interface or internally to a region with a different density, gravity tries to restore the parcel toward equilibrium resulting in an oscillation about the equilibrium state or wave orbit. Gravity waves on an air-sea interface are called surface gravity waves or surface waves while internal gravity waves are called internal waves. Ocean waves generated by wind are examples of gravity waves, and tsunamis and ocean tides are others."


glasseye - 2008-10-22

They are waves generated by pressure gradients and the force of gravity, but they are not what physicists call gravity waves.


baleen - 2008-10-22


Wikipedia disagrees!


baleen - 2008-10-22


You're thinking general relativity. Gravity waves in fluid dynamics is what the title writer was probably talking about.


grimcity - 2008-10-22

If gravity waves were doing that, you'd see trees, cars, homes and puppies get picked up and dropped repeatedly underneath those clouds. Plus, it might rain dirt and that would be awesome.


kiint - 2008-10-22

wow...i really want to see that now


baleen - 2008-10-22


Nuh uh. Read the article, it explains it fairly well.


glasseye - 2008-10-22

Ah Baleen, you're correct. What I'm thinking of is a *gravitational* wave; a propagation of a disturbance in spacetime.


Scrotum H. Vainglorious - 2008-10-22

Baleen, PoeTV's Renaissance man.


Camonk - 2008-10-22

You bunch of fancy fuckin' ivory tower nerds. Nobody cares what kind of waves they are, except that they're awesome. I'ma call 'em science waves and go watch the game.


thirteen3seven - 2008-10-22

Needs a score by Philip Glass to get the secret sixth star.


Johnny Roastbeef - 2008-10-22

Gravity Waves or Zionist Weather Control Device, you be the judge.


fermun - 2008-10-22

Which one lets me sound crazier as I yell loudly to strangers?


simon666 - 2008-10-22

It's a hybrid of the two: Zionist's International Gravity Conspiracy!!!!


Lurchi - 2008-10-22

NOT GRAVITY WAVES

just cool looking air waves


Cube - 2008-10-22

We live at the bottom of a sea... A sea of air! It's just much less dense than, let's say ground or water. That's why they pile up lower than air and form seas of their own.


chumbucket - 2008-10-22

coolness factor of 11


dichotic1 - 2008-10-22

Gah. Can you imagine living in a place so flat?


Walt Henderson - 2009-08-05

No thanks, I'll keep my mountains. I hate flatlands.


dancingshadow - 2008-10-22

WHAT ARE THEY PUTTING IN OUR CLOUD SUPPLY ?


kamlem - 2008-10-22

Newtonion propaganda!


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