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Offline thundley4

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Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« on: February 09, 2009, 09:40:11 AM »

"A comet that blasts out poisonous gases as it streaks through space is heading towards Earth. - well, within 38 million miles of us, at least.

Comet Lulin, which glows an eerie green colour and will be visible to the naked eye, was discovered just over a year ago and is heading into our inner solar system for the first time.

It will have its closest brush with Earth on February 24, when it will flash past 38million miles from our planet. Mars was 34.6million miles away at its closest ever approach.

Lulin's green colour comes from the gases that make up its Jupiter-sized atmosphere. Jets spewing from the comet's nucleus contain cyanogen, a poisonous gas found in many comets, and diatomic carbon.

Both substances glow green when illuminated by sunlight in the near-vacuum of space. "  It's Kryptonite , lookout Superman.
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2009, 09:44:36 AM »
Don't worry, Mighty Mouse will save the day.
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 10:16:35 AM »
It's not easy being green.  It requires spewing poisonous gas out your blowhole. 

This  is Al "Green" Gore's smelly little secret.
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2009, 10:26:46 AM »
The way the moron politicians are acting these days, it is almost enough to make you want to breath that gas! WHY, have we elected these fools?

Tragically, the ONLY one making any sense is McCain! John, you had the chance to be a republican andd the president. AND YOU BLEW IT!!!! TOO LATE THE BACKBONE you should have shown last August!!!!
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2009, 02:14:45 PM »
maybe God really is going to punish us for Obama
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2009, 02:22:34 PM »
Oh Crap.



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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2009, 02:29:54 PM »
Zombie Depot better not go out of business now
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2009, 03:10:02 PM »

if it was 5 months ago, The BarackStar! would be calling the green, poisonous gas-spewing comet, "the result of 8 years of failed bush-mccain space policy".

 
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2009, 04:07:52 PM »
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2009, 04:26:46 PM »
that verse does not mean we have to hit the comet..... we might just have to hit the trail of poison its leaving
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 05:59:43 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on February 09, 2009, 02:22:34 PM
Oh Crap.

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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 06:03:06 PM »
Quote from: FGL on February 09, 2009, 04:26:46 PM
that verse does not mean we have to hit the comet..... we might just have to hit the trail of poison its leaving

And what about the mother ship that's in the comet's tail, comrade?
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 08:58:44 PM »
Ok who's got Bruce Willis's Phone # on speed dial at NASA?
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2009, 09:16:49 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on February 09, 2009, 02:22:34 PM
Oh Crap.



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Close!

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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2009, 10:28:39 PM »
The cyanogen is negligible. I plan on watching the comet myself.
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2009, 10:45:12 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on February 09, 2009, 10:28:39 PM
The cyanogen is negligible. I plan on watching the comet myself.
Is there a website that gives viewing information?
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Re: Watch out! Poisonous comet which glows green to light up the night sky
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2009, 11:07:59 PM »
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