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In the main street of a small town called Strathalbyn. Not to far from where I live.

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 10595729)

Does the gas company go around sniffing for leaks???

Yup, and they can tell the difference between naturally-occurring and pipeline NG.
The alien probe looking thingy on top is an ultrasonic 3D anemometer. ;)

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 10594545)

Nice job Bugs. Now maybe you can jump up to this monster - my son put it together last December and really enjoyed it!

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Wholly CRAP big D, you didn’t mention the packaging and the HUGE instruction/coffee table book. The attention to detail is off the hook. Just too bad LEGO retired it. There are LED light kits available for it.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra playing the soundtrack while we watched the movie a couple weekends ago at Music Hall.

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We saw “A New Hope” in SF. It was an amazing performance. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoyed the originals.

Was that a look alike or the real deal? They could easily pass for Mark Hamill.
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defo a little short for a storm trooper

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He really did look like Mark Hamill. He went by the name of Fluke Skywalker. I'm sure he has a website. I think he does charity events and things like that.

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defo a little short for a storm trooper

My son said the same thing. He's 13 and 5 foot 8 inches (1.73 meters):D....to put the storm trooper's height in perspective.

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Originally Posted by imaircooled (Post 10597268)

He really did look like Mark Hamill. He went by the name of Fluke Skywalker. I'm sure he has a website. I think he does charity events and things like that.

My son said the same thing. He's 13 and 5 foot 8 inches (1.73 meters):D....to put the storm trooper's height in perspective

Hahahahahahaha, well that answers that....
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Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 10597212)

defo a little short for a storm trooper

They are all clones.

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Gorgeous Baz!!!!
Green flash?????-snip-

Thanks, Bugs. Not sure what you mean by 'green flash' but those are the natural colors with natural light.

Lot of sea birds on the beach today....gorgeous day with water temp still in the lower 80's.....

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Originally Posted by Baz (Post 10604470)

I've only ever heard of the green flash in reference to a sunset, but I don't see why it couldn't also occur during a sunrise. I think you have to be looking out over water with no other obstructions (land, trees, buildings, boats, etc...)

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A green flash is a phenomenon in which part of the sun appears to suddenly change color for about 1 or 2 seconds. The brief flash of green light is seen more often at sunset than at sunrise.

This fleeting spectacle is caused by the refraction of sunlight, which is particularly significant at sunset and sunrise, when the light travels through more of the Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere bends the sunlight passing through it, separating the light into its different colors, much like a prism bends and splits sunlight into rainbows, according to Cornell University.

The various colors of light bend different amounts based on their wavelengths; shorter wavelengths (blue, violet and green) refract more strongly than longer wavelengths (yellow, orange and red). As such, blue and violet light are scattered by the atmosphere while red, orange and yellow are absorbed, leaving the green light the most visible during the few seconds when the sun sets below or rises above the horizon.

However, green flashes are not always green, according to Andrew T. Young at San Diego State University.

Sometimes, when the air is especially clear, enough of the blue or violet light rays make it through the atmosphere and create a blue flash instead of a green one. Nonetheless, green is the most common hue reported and captured in photos.

There are four categories of green flashes: inferior mirage, mock mirage, subduct flash and green ray, according to an article published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nearly all green-flash sightings fall into the first two categories.

Inferior mirage flashes are oval and flat and occur close to sea level when the surface of the water is warmer than the air above it. [Image Album: Strange & Shining: Gallery of Mysterious Night Lights]

Mock mirage flashes, on the other hand, occur higher up in the sky and when conditions on the surface are colder than the air above. The flashes appear to be thin, pointy strips being sliced from the sun, and they last about 1 to 2 seconds.

Subduct flashes are created when the sun appears to form an hourglass shape due to a phenomenon called atmospheric inversion, which occurs when a layer of warm air traps cool air and moisture close to the ground. In this rare circumstance, the upper section of the sun may appear green for up to 15 seconds.

The rarest type of green flash is known as a green ray. In this instance, a beam of green light shoots straight up a few degrees from the green flash immediately after the sun sets for about a second. It's caused by the combination of hazy air and an unusually bright inferior, mock or subduct green flash.
How to see a green flash

While there isn't an optimal condition that will guarantee a green flash sighting, the best way to potentially observe one is to go somewhere that provides a clear view of the horizon and is free of pollution, such as over the ocean, according to Young.

Green flash sightings frequently occur at the ocean, where more of the atmosphere is visible and the line of sight is virtually parallel to the horizon. Flat prairies and deserts also tend to have the appropriate conditions for a green flash sighting. Sometimes, conditions are so perfect that a rare double green flash can be observed.

Polar explorer Adm. Richard Byrd and his crew claimed to have seen a "green sun" persist for 35 minutes while on an expedition to Antarctica in 1929, according to Young. Scientists now believe that there must have been some mirage effect present for the phenomenon to go on for that length of time.

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 10604584)

Thanks for the explanation, Steve. For a minute there I thought it might have been a new Marvel super hero or something! :p

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Originally Posted by Baz (Post 10604827)

Hiya Baz,

Your not too far off. The actual phenomenon is what I was actually asking about. It is also a well known movie scene from “Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End”. We always are looking for it when up flying at sunset, but so far.........
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Ansel Adams spoke of the "green flash" in one of his last interviews... pretty rare and you have to be in the perfect place (higher than sea level typically and clear conditions) to see it.
So far, I've failed to see or capture it.

Took a multi day trip down the Oregon coast last week... fantastic weather and got to explore some new to me sections of it starting with the very Northwest corner of the state where Ft. Stevens sits (in use from 1863-1947... I was surprised it started out in the Civil war era!), the wreck of the Peter Iredale and where the mighty Columbia meets the Pacific ocean.

113 year old 4 masted steel barque sailing vessel. She was trying to make it into the mouth of the Columbia, but was run aground by a NW squall.

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More Pelicans fishing than I've ever seen before
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Also saw lots of big beautiful Elk
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