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Cloud and Unclear

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My Japanese is rusty. Can somebody tell me what is going on here? I'm also interested in your wild theories.

Ian Chillag

8:54 AM ET | 05-13-2008 | permalink

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Waterslides of the gods?

Sent by Marc Naimark | 9:45 AM ET | 05-13-2008

Or maybe "Strange Weather Phenomena Doing 90kph".

Sent by Marc Naimark | 9:46 AM ET | 05-13-2008

Or highlights from the 'Let Your Fingers Do the Walking' channel?

Sent by Marc Naimark | 9:47 AM ET | 05-13-2008

Here's another link to the same video that provides a brief (English) explanation of the "cloud streets" phenomenon. Pretty cool. http://spluch.blogspot.com/2008/03/cloud-streets.html

Sent by Sarah Goodyear | 10:16 AM ET | 05-13-2008

It's a tour of new farming ideas. Japan is small, not a lot of land for farming, so they've decided to cultivate the skies with new hydroponic agriculture. They can grow amazing veggies in clouds these days. Honestly, the technology is crazy!

Sent by m.rawlins | 11:10 AM ET | 05-13-2008

Well, I'm bad at understanding spoken Japanese but I'm pretty sure that "in 35 years as a pilot, this is the first he's seen this kind of cloud." Yeah, I can only read it and it's probably shoddy at that. I think I also heard that the particular kind of cloud formation is unusual and that it's 300 meters high (above the sea I think)?

Sent by Sarah Lee | 6:15 PM ET | 05-13-2008

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