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Australia, Obscured By (Tubular) Clouds
08.25.2009
01:05 pm
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Evocative of early, apocalypse-prone Peter Weir,

These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems for aircraft even on windless days.  Known as Morning Glory clouds, they appear every fall over Burketown, Queensland, Australia, a remote town with fewer than 200 residents.  A small number of pilots and tourists travel there each year in hopes of ?

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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08.25.2009
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