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

From: George (George_at_george.net)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:13:24 -0400

"Andy Baker" <respond@the.news.gr.oup> wrote in message
news:14_Zc.6960$2s.5309@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Dude, I don't think the pot has much to do with this, it's the crack - OK
> see.... you're in the bottom of a stadium sized crater in the middle of a
> big flat plain - no doubt that the wind really whips through there on
> occasion. There's probably a prevailing direction, but it can come from any
> direction. Back to the point of the crater - as the wind is whipping by on
> the plain, it dips down in to the crater, and these things called EDDY
> CURRENTS - here's a picture -
> http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer/14312/img/14312_83_1.jpg and a
> little text to go along with it... "An eddy is a circulation that
> develops when the wind flows over or adjacent to rough terrain, buildings,
> mountains or other obstructions. They generally form on the lee
> (downwind or sheltered) side of these obstructions. The size of
> the eddy is directly proportional to the size of the obstruction and speed
> of the wind. Eddies may have horizontal or vertical
> circulations that can be either cyclonic or anticyclonic."
>
> (taken from this page
> http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer/14312/css/14312_83.htm )
>
> You've got all sorts of stuff going on in the crater - wind swirling around
> inside it like a whirlpool, twirling around at the edges,
> so on and so forth, and there are many features in the crater that will
> affect the wind in any number of different ways, and then
> the whole picture changes when the wind direction changes and you have an
> entirely NEW pattern of turbulence.
> The circulations interact with not only the sand / dust, but witheach other,
> producing even more complex circulations... see what I'm getting at? Oh and
> add to that the fact that there
> are many different particle sizes, weights, and colors / compositions. It
> all adds up to some really fantastic geometry. Do
> some research on dune formation and migration. It's basic earth science (I
> doubt you even give a *** let alone actually
> bother to read anything, but at least I tried)
>
> Given enough time, that crater would mostly fill in with wind transported
> sand. That process is beginning with those dunes,
> and all those spastic patterns and crazy images man, they're like... from
> all the wicked crazy turbulence and stuff. I'm gonna
> bet that that crater showed up after the water was gone. If there was ANY
> water there after, that baby would be pretty well gone or at least VERY
> muted.
>
> Make a long story short, quit analyzing *** beyond sorting out what's "cool
> looking" and what isn't.
> Somebody once told me "It's better to keep your mouth shut and let them
> think you're stupid than
> to open it up and let them KNOW you're stupid." and it wasn't jerry Garcia.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

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