Re: Why it's Obvious the Tendril is a Water Feature

From: Dennis M. Hammes (scrawlmark_at_arvig.net)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 07:41:48 GMT

Jonathan wrote:
>
> "George" <George@george.net> wrote in message
> news:xpuZc.73062$_h.24589@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> >
> > "Dennis M. Hammes" <scrawlmark@arvig.net> wrote in message
> > news:41358A18.66A9C1D3@arvig.net...
> > > Jonathan wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Tendril close-up
> > >>
> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/211/1P146917874ESF35BGP2568R1M1.HTML
> > >>
> > >> In what I've read about dunes, one common feature that is almost always
> > >> present is that the dune displays the prevailing wind direction.
> > >> In common sand ripples, the steep slope faces into the wind
> > >> while the broader slope faces downwind. This is also true
> > >> for water ripples.
> > >
> > > Well, you sure got /them/ backward. Both.
> >
> > He never lets the facts stand in the way of a perfectly idiotic post.
>
> So what's your explanation for the picture above? Do you have
> one? Which way is the wind blowing? I say wind has nothing
> to do with it at all.
>
What is my explanation for the picture above?
Heaven knows, Mr. Allison.
Which way is the wind blowing?
Which way is my life blowing?
What are the fortunes of honor?
You say "spheres," I say "hemispheres."
I.e., you say "wind," I say "tomato."
I say wind has nothing to do with i
  *poof* 

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