tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4673566904140454601..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Bubble cloud" seen near BeijingMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60748534811433250792011-10-12T21:44:30.486-05:002011-10-12T21:44:30.486-05:00It is interesting how vivid the stars are in these...It is interesting how vivid the stars are in these photos considering that NOT ONCE did I see a single star while living in Beijing the summer of 2007. The pollution there is out of this world. You can't even see the sun through the smog during the day. Photoshop?Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87762882003171302502011-08-28T13:43:28.848-05:002011-08-28T13:43:28.848-05:00Thank you, David.Thank you, David.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29370336445860531172011-08-28T13:22:58.022-05:002011-08-28T13:22:58.022-05:00From:
http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/imgversn/86/sa...From:<br />http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/imgversn/86/sakan.html<br /><br />"Rocket fuel<br /><br />The Soviet and Russian industries produce an extremely toxic substance - non-symmetric methylhydrazine - as a liquid rocket fuel. Like chemical weapons, this substance belongs to the first class of toxicity. During the course of a launch, unspent fuel enters the atmosphere with discarded sections of rocket. Given that there were thousands of launches in the former USSR and Russia, pollution of waste territories in the Archangelsk region, Gorny Altai and Yakutia is now a serious problem, according to Prof. Alexei Yablokov, head of the Interagency Committee on Ecological Security of Russia.<br /><br />At present there are about 200,000 tonnes of rocket fuel in store at different facilities in Russia - five times the amount of chemical weapons. Production, storage, transportation and utilization of fuel may have serious ecological effects, as yet barely known to the public. For example, according to an unofficial source, the mysterious death of more than 2 million starfish and thousands of other species in the White Sea in 1990 is linked with an unsuccessful rocket launch from a submarine. The rocket was destroyed and fuel entered the sea with devastating ecological consequences. The official commission that investigated the case immediately after the incident said that the causes of the deaths were 'not known'. <br />Prof. Ruben Mnatsakanian is Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University, Budapest."<br /><br />U.S. Spy satellite shot down because of fears of terrestrial contamination on re-entry:<br /><br />http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080220-toxic-satellite.htmlDavid Laidlawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87122157418591770432011-08-28T11:09:32.069-05:002011-08-28T11:09:32.069-05:00I have personnally witnessed this twice while livi...I have personnally witnessed this twice while living in Ca. It is somewhat different when you are in california and the missle launch is from Vandenberg AFB, but it truly is an amazing site, when your that close to it it is quite colorful too.Dennisnoreply@blogger.com