When we were driving in san jose bay area we came across these huge clouds that were casting shadows on the mountains. How is this possible i thought clouds were quite far away and would not be able to cast shadows on the mountain tops.
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the sun was behind the clouds, therefore there was a shadow.
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I see the exact same thing. I thought something was really wrong. It looks like tv snow in the dark. When you find out, please let me know...
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I live in a small town in the midwest and make it a point to go out and do some stargazing.  The street lights do wash out some of the dimmer stars, but there are still a lot of stars to see.  Going out into the countryside will reveal a lot more stars.  Not only the stars though, in the last week I have also seen Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury..and the most fantastic cresent moon in the early morning.  If a person can get up into the mountains at night (no mountains where I am at), the sky is very full of stars...way too cool.
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HahAHaha.  Listen Shawny, these people seriously do NOT know what they are talking about.  But I do, you're talking about lightening without thunder!  Not lightening with thunder but it's so far away you can't hear it.  There is such a thing as lightening with thunder because it's been happening all over here in my area of Texas.\n\nAnd I don't live out in the country, I'm in good ol' Austin.  There's something mysterious surrounding this lightening, not just because there's no thunder, but because you know the lightening is the driving force of the storm and not the other way around.  If that's true, then this lightening must be coming from SPACE.  That's right I said it.  Lightening caused not by the clouds colliding with cold air but by something going on with the Sun.  Anyways, I KNOW this was coming from space because of this one special bolt of lightening that just rocked the house and I'll never forget it.  \n\nIt came down out of the clouds like an anvil, and when it hit the air it's like the air acted like and insulatoragains the electricity and stopped the bolt from coming down anymore.  Well it was THICK at the trunk and it spread out in every direction along the bottom of the clouds, like a ring of electricity or the roots of a tree, causing lightening far out across horizon as far as I could see.  That was just too much energy for me to believe that it was caused by clouds rubbing together, am I right?  Can I get an AMEN?\n\nAnyways, so you know where this lightening is coming from, but what does this have to do with heat lightening?  Well you remember that Earth has a natural electric field right?  Everything that exists from the ground up has a natural electric charge on it.  When the lightening comes in it's basically pulling electrons off of the Earth and pulling energy in.  When these travel through the plasma the air surrounding the bolt is of a way smaller charge and is repelled; this causes the thunder.\n\nSomething is going on in these storms and in Earth's energy fields that allows this energy to be moved easily and with little resistance.  I believe we'll be seeing more of this lightening in the years ahead, you can count on it.  BWahahHAhAhaaa!!!
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because the blue lights can be seen in the fog, or heavy rain   as the red can be seen at greater distances and red is the sign of there is trouble here please help!   hope this helps    love to hear what other officers were told!   lol.....
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Funny you should mention that, I had an encounter just this evening. No kidding, it really scared the cr4p out of me. I am due to have my home investigated by a paranormal team this coming weekend and they did warn me that the activity here would probably increase 10 fold. It sure has done that in the past week or so.\nThis is only the second time I have seen a shadow figure in my home and I am sure it won't be the last either.\n\nWhy do you ask this question. Email me if you wanna talk ok?
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Call newschannel 3, I bet they would look into it.  Royal Norman may even already have an answer.  I have not seen them, though I live very close to you.  I'll have to keep my eye on the SE sky.  Do they occur at a certain time, or various times?  Are they low to the horizon?
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Mushroom clouds form as a result of the sudden formation of a large mass of hot low-density gases near the ground creating a Rayleigh-Taylor instability. The mass of gas rises rapidly, resulting in turbulent vortices curling downward around its edges and drawing up a column of additional smoke and debris in the center to form its "stem". The mass of gas eventually reaches an altitude where it is no longer less dense than the surrounding air and disperses, the debris drawn upward from the ground scattering and drifting back down (see fallout).\nhello, use the link below to get more info.
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Yes, it was night but me, my mom and my two little sisters saw the silhouette of a black disk in the sky, (it was really close to us) and it had red and green lights going around it. And almost as soon as we saw it it was gone. I know it wasn't an airplane or anything man made.
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We can not control clouds but we can diver the direction of which it passes.  By using bombs and other chemicals it is possible.  It is used where agriculture lands are dried due to lack of rains.
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You are so close to Tahoe!!!!  That and all of the mountains around there are gorgeous....c'mon, it can't be that bad.  Plus Sac. and SF are pretty close too.
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Two of my friends and I were stalked by some fairly menacing shadows for about 6 months. I drove home late one night after visiting one of the friends, parked my car in front of my house and got out. As I opened the door, I saw a reflection in my side mirror of a hulking shadow standing just behind my car. I jumped out and spun around, expecting to see a person or at the very least, a hulking shadow monster, but the shape seemed to dissolve back into the night. I ran into my house and locked the door and forgot about it for a couple weeks. \n\nComing home at night again, I was locking my car door when I looked up and saw another shadow, about 7 ft tall and person shaped, standng at the edge of my yard, in front of an electric pole. It seemed to be staring at me, waiting for me to move. I ran through my yard to my house, scared to death. I saw it move into the street, where it dissappeared completely. \n\nA month or so later, my best friend was leaving work at about 2am and saw what appeared to be a man, leaning against her brand new car in an otherwise empty and unlit lot. Fearing for her car, she ran directly at the man, hitting the panic button on her keyless entry. The man fled into the unlit parking lot and she jumped into her car and started it immediately, which turned on the headlights. It was only then that she realized the man that had fled made no sound, had no features, and was no where to be seen in the now illuminated lot. \n\nSeveral weeks later, another friend called me in a near panic because she had woke up in her new apartment and seen something very dark crouching in a corner of the room... on the ceiling. When she jumped from the bed, the shadow fled across the cieling, down the wall, and out her open window. The incidents happened about 6 or 7 years ago. We haven't seen them since.
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Well, I don't think they are ghosts. I suppose demons might be a probable answer, though some part of me doubts that as well. From what I understand, shadow people are things you see out of the corner of your eye but disappear once you turn to look at them. If that is true, I don't think it is some sort of being from another dimension or some other fluke of that nature. The reason being, it wouldn't disappear from your view when you looked at it. The fact that shadow people do leads me to believe that they are spirits or forces of some kind that watch us. Everything I've heard about them makes it seem like they are in some regard "spying"; hiding in the shadows watching us but making sure we don't watch them back. For what reason I don't know, and I'm not sure I want to. I get the impression that they are not benevolent forces. Anything that acts in that manner probably isn't. This is all theory but I hope it helps you in your search to understand them.
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North western sky.? In the USA.? Me and my work mate saw two bright lights in the western sky at 8pm off the coast of western australia. About 2 hours ago. They looked like fireballs and went horizontally then went out of sight. It lasted for about 20 seconds.
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Thank you so much! It's been some years since I caught the Leonids, and it's really hard to catch anything at all when living in the city. This video really made up for what I missed and the spectacular fireballs took my breath away.\n\n2001 was the best Leonid display I ever saw and I'll never forget it when the peak hit and the sky filled with streaks and occasional fireballs.\n\nThanks so much again! You made my day!
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I live locally to the abigail west area as well, i have been to the ruins of the house and seen some really weird shit, flames lighting in a fire place from the ruins.. me and groups of friends are trying to find the directions to the spot again we went years ago and cant remember where it is..so any info you have would be great. Were also looking to start a paranormal group for the adirondack area..my email is poetgurl1927@yahoo.com email me.
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The volcano always does it for me, they are awesome, but lightning comes close behind, the sheer raw power of nature.\nNine months ago we had a strange phenomenon, it seemed that lightning came from the earth and sky at the same time, the sky exploded in a brilliant orange flash, that shook the ground, it frightened almost everyone and they rushed indoors. Unfortunately although I had anti surge protectors on my computer for both telephone and power, the computer was knocked out, and had to be repaired the next day.