A Smoke Angel from Airplane Flares

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:24 am

Far out!

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:28 am

Vortice this that stands before me?

djm

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:57 am

So a believing christian would interpret that as an angel?

Well, you see what you want to see I guess.

Looks like a Portuguese man o' war to me

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:37 am

I think it's a pair of fetal squid angels holding hands.
But I love it. It's gorgeous.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:54 am

Not to put a damper on things, but I wonder if its a counter measure against SAMs with an IR seeker?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:57 am

It looks like two ghosts with long hair facing each other to me.
Or two brides facing each other (must be Canadian since that's not legal here).

BTW Henke, angels are not unique to Christianity. In fact, belief in angels predates Christianity by many-a-thousand of years. The history of the human perspective of angels is fascinating.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:13 am

Flyingcursor wrote:
BTW Henke, angels are not unique to Christianity. In fact, belief in angels predates Christianity by many-a-thousand of years. The history of the human perspective of angels is fascinating.

Yup.

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:13 am

Bears an uncanny resemblance to this fellow:

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:48 am

GaryKelly wrote:Bears an uncanny resemblance to this fellow:

Gollum with hair!

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:38 am

Flyingcursor wrote:BTW Henke, angels are not unique to Christianity. In fact, belief in angels predates Christianity by many-a-thousand of years. The history of the human perspective of angels is fascinating.

Well, I guess that depends on how you define angels.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:14 am

fel bautista wrote:Not to put a damper on things, but I wonder if its a counter measure against SAMs with an IR seeker?

Might be. Either there's a practical reason or they were just bored.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:19 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
Flyingcursor wrote:
BTW Henke, angels are not unique to Christianity. In fact, belief in angels predates Christianity by many-a-thousand of years. The history of the human perspective of angels is fascinating.
Yup.

yeah...actually the concept of angels was probably pretty much assimilated into christian thought much in the way evergreen trees and easter eggs were assimilated into christian holidays.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:24 am

emmline wrote:yeah...actually the concept of angels was probably pretty much assimilated into christian thought much in the way evergreen trees and easter eggs were assimilated into christian holidays.

Plenty of angels in the Old Testament...

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:55 am

Got a date with an angel,
Got to meet her at seven;
Got a date with an angel,
And I'm on my way to Heaven.

She's so lovely beside me,
And whatever betide me,
Got an angel to guide me,
So I'm on my way to Heaven.

Soon, I'll hear the bells ring out,
And the chorus will sing out,
When the pearly gates swing out,
She'll beckon to me.

I've been waiting a lifetime
For this evening at seven;
Got a date with an angel,
And I'm on my way to Heaven.

Words & Music by Clifford Grey, Sonnie Miller, Jack Waler & Joseph Tunbridge
Recorded by Al Bowley, 1934

Courtesy of www.theguitarguy.com