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[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

How do people live in the coldest inhabited place on Earth?

[Jeo Albant @jeoalbant]

🛰️ 👀 I spotted over 🇮🇹Italy, during yesterday's Naples earthquake, a cloud formation identical to the one that went viral after the major earthquake in 🇯🇵Japan!
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☁️ A cloud formation remarkably similar to the anvil cloud that went viral after the Mw 7.1 earthquake in Japan was visible in satellite imagery just hours before yesterday’s Mw 4.7 earthquake near Naples, Italy.

📈 Despite the massive difference in earthquake magnitude, the cloud structures are strikingly similar.

This highlights a crucial point:
☁️ Cumulonimbus Incus (anvil) clouds are a natural product of intense atmospheric convection. Warm, moist air rises rapidly; upon reaching the tropopause, it can no longer ascend and spreads outward, creating the characteristic anvil-shaped top.

After major earthquakes, people naturally tend to associate unusual atmospheric phenomena with seismic activity—a classic confirmation bias.

However, available meteorological evidence indicates that both cloud formations are fully explained by standard atmospheric physics.
Science is about identifying causation—not just noticing similarities.

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ℹ️ Satellite Analysis:
The cloud shows classic convective vertical growth (17:20–18:30 TSI) followed by horizontal spreading at the tropopause level (18:50–19:40 TSI), forming the distinct anvil (Cumulonimbus Incus) structure—identical to the one seen in Japan.

#CampiFlegrei #TerremotoNapoli #Meteo #Sismologia #地震雲 #地震 #熊本地震 #Earthquake #cloud #Satellite #Meteorology #Naples #ItalyEarthquake #Science #Geology #deprem #bulut

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Countries with the Most Overseas Territories & Dependencies

1. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 14 Territories
2. 🇺🇸 United States — 14 Territories
3. 🇫🇷 France — 13 Territories
4. 🇦🇺 Australia — 7 Territories
5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 6 Territories
6. 🇳🇴 Norway — 5 Territories
7. 🇳🇿 New Zealand — 4 Territories
8. 🇩🇰 Denmark — 2 Territories
9. 🇨🇳 China — 2 Special Administrative Regions
10. 🇫🇮 Finland — 1 Autonomous
Region (Åland Islands)

Source: UN / CIA World Factbook / Al Jazeera Geopolitics

[OnlMaps @onlmaps]

Spanish Enclaves in Northern Africa

[Jeo Albant @jeoalbant]

✍️I noticed something remarkable about the massive cloud that went viral after the July 28 Kumamoto (Japan) earthquake.

☁️Leading up to the earthquake, a very similar cloud formation appeared over the same region for three consecutive days. 👇

🛰️ The Himawari satellite time-lapse reveals a consistent daily cycle:

📍 Morning: No significant cloud development. Skies remain mostly clear.
📍 17:00–20:00 Japan Standard Time (JST): A massive cloud suddenly erupts over the exact same location.
📍 Later in the evening: As temperatures fall, the entire cloud mass gradually dissipates.

🗓️This pattern repeats at nearly the same time on July 26, 27 and 28.

So why might this formation have repeatedly developed over the same area?

The most likely explanation is orographic convection. Warm, moisture-rich air from the surrounding seas is forced upward by Kyushu’s mountainous terrain, producing these impressive convective clouds.

A single photograph from the ground can look extraordinary. But from space, you sometimes discover that one image is only a snapshot of a repeating atmospheric cycle. 🛰️

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this analysis. 👇

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#地震雲 #地震 #熊本地震
#Kumamoto #Earthquake #Japan   #Meteorology #Cumulonimbus #Deprem #Bulut

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

When a mountain vanished in seconds.

Mount St. Helens, May 18, 1980

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

The longest possible straight-line journey by sea stretches from Pakistan to Russia, covering approximately 32,090 km without crossing land.

[Night Sky Today @NightSkyToday]

🚨: Scientists discovered a 46-million-year-old female mosquito fossil preserved in sedimentary rock (oil shale) in Montana.

Its abdomen was distended and filled with its final meal.

[Night Sky Today @NightSkyToday]

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

~ Nikola Tesla

[GIROTTO @GIROTTO]

Esse é o fogo-fátuo (também conhecido como Mãe do Ouro), um fenômeno luminoso natural observado na Paraíba e em outras regiões do Brasil.

• Características: Aparece como uma esfera dourada ou chamas coloridas (azuladas/esverdeadas) que flutuam silenciosamente, mudam de tamanho e desaparecem de repente.
• Locais comuns: Pântanos, cemitérios, mangues, áreas úmidas com matéria orgânica em decomposição, minas abandonadas e matas.
• Explicação científica: Resulta da combustão espontânea de gases (principalmente metano e compostos de fósforo) liberados pela decomposição orgânica.
• Folclore e crenças populares: Muitos o interpretam como algo sobrenatural — almas perdidas, espíritos, guardiã de tesouros ou aviso de perigo. Há relatos em Goiás, Minas Gerais e interior do Brasil.
• História: Fenômeno conhecido há séculos tanto no folclore brasileiro quanto europeu.

É um clássico exemplo de como um evento natural ganhou forte conotação mística na cultura popular.

[Stratolaunch @Stratolaunch]

Roc doesn’t always fly alone.
#TeamWork #Aerospace #TakeFlight #Stratolaunch

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

A scientific balloon launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, at 9:42am CT. The balloon is the first flight for the Compact Large-sensor Imaging Camera mission and is carrying a small camera system that can process images in real-time to help determine safe landing spots for rovers for future Moon or Mars missions. Track it now: https://t.co/7AxqelNP8J

[David Bicoff @DavidBicoff]

Avengers: Doomsday — What if Doctor Doom targets Pepper Potts to erase Tony Stark's legacy?

[Physics & Astronomy Zone @zone_astronomy]

🚀🌌 Voyager 1 has left the Sun's protective bubble—the heliosphere—and is now traveling through interstellar space, over 25 billion km from Earth.

Launched in 1977, it's the most distant human-made object ever. Yet even after nearly 50 years, it isn't close to another star. At its current speed, reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take tens of thousands of years.

A humbling reminder of both human curiosity and the unimaginable scale of the universe. ✨

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Check this bad Super Cell in Nebraska, don’t know exactly when it was, but if you notice the top right 2 UFO 🛸 appear and shortly after looks like one passes across the screen fast behind the Power-lines. Do you see it?

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

Allegedly filmed Tuesday on a UPS Cargo Flight from US to Hong Kong.

If legit is one of the clearest Orb videos yet.

[Earth @earthcurated]

"They filmed Jurassic Park, Lost, and King Kong right in these mountains. You can instantly see why."