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What's it hooked to? September 23, 2013 3:46 pm TB

Odd Thing For Today:

In my back yard, a spider thread, shooting straight up and unmoving, into a clear blue sky.

  • A minute thermal updraft . . . by DanS 2013-10-01 15:35:05
    • Aha! "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead by bowser 2013-09-23 20:59:24
      • Would one thread reflect that much light? by bowser 2013-09-23 20:55:28
        • From the right angle? Yeah. by TB 2013-09-23 21:07:51
          • maybe it was just at the wrong angle higher up.... by Tony 2013-10-03 07:38:26
        • Atmospheric plankton by ER 2013-09-23 18:23:02
          • "Charlotte's Web" comes to mind . . . by DanS 2013-10-03 16:07:27
            • Sun glint. by TB 2013-09-23 19:04:36
            • A counter weight in geostationary orbit. n/t by RobVG 2013-09-23 17:15:15
              • Smarty pants. by Jody 2013-09-23 17:38:50
                • Well, the elevator part of a space elevator is called a "crawler" by RobVG 2013-09-23 18:43:10
              • A line strung between two trees? by alcaray 2013-09-23 16:16:39
                • Another tree limb in another dimension. by Jody 2013-09-23 16:16:14
                  • Very strange TB...but I love strange. by Jody 2013-09-23 16:17:16

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