What Is This Object on the Titan Rocket?

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The discussion revolves around identifying an ambiguous image, with participants offering various interpretations, including comparisons to natural objects like mushrooms and butterflies, as well as mechanical components like aircraft parts and rocket engines. As the conversation progresses, the focus shifts toward the image being related to a combustion chamber of a Titan rocket engine, with detailed explanations about hypergolic propellants and their combustion processes. Participants engage in technical discussions about fuel nozzles and injector assemblies, showcasing their knowledge of aerospace engineering. The conversation also touches on historical machinery, with references to water-powered mechanisms in old forges. Ultimately, the thread highlights a blend of playful guessing and serious technical insights, culminating in a collaborative effort to decipher the image's true nature.
  • #101
Townsend said:
That is hard... :confused: I think from the picture you would be looking up at it. Perhaps it is the railing along a pier for ships to dock at. Just a guess...
No, but you're lukewarm.
 
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  • #102
Moonbear said:
No, but you're lukewarm.

oh...I think that is rust along the railing...which would make it the railing along a ship of some sort.
 
  • #103
I win! :biggrin:
 
  • #104
Townsend said:
oh...I think that is rust along the railing...which would make it the railing along a ship of some sort.
Getting a little colder.
 
  • #105
Moonbear said:
Getting a little colder.

Ok, then it's bird droppings...

What kind of pier has white railing? :confused:

Can I just guess that it's a pier in general?
 
  • #106
Townsend said:
Ok, then it's bird droppings...

What kind of pier has white railing? :confused:

Can I just guess that it's a pier in general?
It's not a pier, but your back on the right side of the water again. :biggrin:

Looking at the original photo, I'm not sure if it's rust or bird droppings...could be either.
 
  • #107
Moonbear said:
It's not a pier, but your back on the right side of the water again. :biggrin:

Looking at the original photo, I'm not sure if it's rust or bird droppings...could be either.

The only way it could be rust is if there is steel...so by you saying that it could be rust means that it must be steel...

Now I really don't know...I was thinking if it is bird droppings then it must be up somewhere high where birds would use it. So I decided it might be railing along some part of some old Victorian style house but then it would certainly not be made of steel...

I don't know...any hints?
 
  • #108
Townsend said:
The only way it could be rust is if there is steel...so by you saying that it could be rust means that it must be steel...

Now I really don't know...I was thinking if it is bird droppings then it must be up somewhere high where birds would use it. So I decided it might be railing along some part of some old Victorian style house but then it would certainly not be made of steel...

I don't know...any hints?

Well, so far, you have that it's railing on something (I'm looking for what that something is) and that it's in the general vicinity/category of ships or docks, but not actually either. Hmm...I think I can also give you that you're right that it's up high...somewhat so anyway. I really don't recall and can't tell from the picture what material the part I'm showing is made of, so that's why I can't be sure if it's rust or bird droppings. It's not necessarily steel, but could be some other painted metal, and it is in a place where birds would be.
 
  • #109
A lighthouse perhaps?
 
  • #110
Townsend said:
A lighthouse perhaps?
Yep! Yay! Here's the full picture I took it from.

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/576/lighthouse8dx.jpg

Your turn.
 
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  • #111
- Just jumping in - If anyone was wondering, mine was John Everett Millais' http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=688 . Glad this thread is back; I was about to revive the other one - jumping out now - :smile:
 
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  • #112
ok...I hope this is not too hard but not too easy either...

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4301/10026302ww.jpg
 
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  • #113
It's definitely an eye, but I can't tell on what. Maybe a fish? (If I'm right, someone else can take my turn, I'm going to sleep.)
 
  • #114
Moonbear said:
It's definitely an eye, but I can't tell on what. Maybe a fish? (If I'm right, someone else can take my turn, I'm going to sleep.)

you're lukewarm...
 
  • #115
tadpole eye?
 
  • #116
honestrosewater said:
tadpole eye?

getting colder
 
  • #117
squid eye?
 
  • #118
gerben said:
squid eye?

You're on ice bro...it has to do with fish an it is an eye...
 
  • #119
Townsend said:
You're on ice bro...it has to do with fish an it is an eye...
Ooh, is it fish bait??
 
  • #120
honestrosewater said:
Ooh, is it fish bait??

What exactly do you mean by "fish bait?"
 
  • #121
Townsend said:
What exactly do you mean by "fish bait?"
The correct answer, of course. :-p

Those rubbery fake little fish for catching bigger fish. Maybe I should bone up on my fishing equipment...

Kind of like these: http://superiortohudson.com/Images/gallery/Fishing/Tackle%20Box%202.htm
 
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  • #122
honestrosewater said:
The correct answer, of course. :-p

Those rubbery fake little fish for catching bigger fish. Maybe I should bone up on my fishing equipment...

Kind of like these: http://superiortohudson.com/Images/gallery/Fishing/Tackle%20Box%202.htm

Yes...you're right... :smile: I guess it was a bit too easy.
 
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  • #123
Townsend said:
Yes...you're right... :smile: I guess it was a bit too easy.
Right, it must have been easy if even I could guess it...
:mad: I hope I can muster the brain power to think of the next clue.
 
  • #124
honestrosewater said:
Right, it must have been easy if even I could guess it...
:mad: I hope I can muster the brain power to think of the next clue.

NOOOO...that's not what I mean at all...I mean you figured it out too fast...sorry for implying something else..
 
  • #125
... what ARE you two going off about? This, the lyric thing, what the hell are you two conspiring about?
 
  • #126
Townsend said:
NOOOO...that's not what I mean at all...I mean you figured it out too fast...sorry for implying something else..
Oh, I'm sorry - I was only joking. I guess I left off the joking smiley. :wink: :biggrin:
 
  • #127
... hello?
 
  • #128
Smurf said:
... what ARE you two going off about? This, the lyric thing, what the hell are you two conspiring about?
Welcome to the Jungle... Guns 'N Roses...

That's in another thread, BTW. :confused: :-p
 
  • #129
Yeah, I recognized it. But what are you DOING?
 
  • #130
Smurf said:
DOING?

I have no idea what your on about...I'm married anyways o:)
 
  • #131
Townsend said:
I have no idea what your on about...I'm married anyways o:)
Shut up and commentate on my democracy already!
 
  • #132
Smurf said:
Shut up and commentate on my democracy already!
:smile: :smile:

It sooo much work though...I finished my summer classes and now that I don't have to find something to do just so I can put off studying I pretty much just want to be goofy...but it's not like the thread will disappear or anything. I can always find it and I promise that soon enough I will... :smile:

What I need is a cure for laziness...for that I would pay at least...scratches head, well at least 10K USD...probably more...
 
  • #133
Why don't you try tackling little bits at a time. Start with the specific legistlation since that's most straightforward, then you can get into the constitution that you'll probably need to do research for next time you get a big assignment.
 
  • #134
Well, I can't think of a clue, so someone can have my turn.
 
  • #135
I would if you TOLD ME HOW TO PLAY!
 
  • #136
Smurf said:
I would if you TOLD ME HOW TO PLAY!
You post a picture of something, and people try to guess what it is. Check out the beginning of the thread for examples.
 
  • #137
arn't you asleep?
 
  • #138
Smurf said:
arn't you asleep?

Of course she is...she is obviously sleep posting...
 
  • #139
Hooray, I forgot about this game!

This one shouldn't take too long. No random guessing boys and girls!

http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/student/E.Smith-2/2973.jpg
 
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  • #140
Venus?

Limit
 
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  • #141
The color is off, but is that Jupiter being hit by that Shoemaker-Levy comet?
 
  • #142
Venus in the foreground, the Sun in the background.
 
  • #143
Maybe one of the outerer planets I'd Neptun or Urenus (deffinately not Seturn and probebly not Jupiter). But never the less the colors are unusual.
 
  • #144
Is that that tenth planet? Couldn't be...do we have pictures of it even?
 
  • #145
Can`t be Venus it doesn`t have any moons,

I don`t think that it`s the transit of Venus either since the Sun doesn`t have swirling cloud at it`s poles

By the Cloud structure i`d say it`s Jupiter and the Moon (as a guess) Io
 
  • #146
  • #147
BobG said:
Who says the picture has to be recording visible light? Images of the Sun

Nobody, but the quality of the image suggests that it`s recent, the transit of venus that occurred on the 8 june 2004, Venus passed across the Southern hemisphere of the sun, and the object casting the shadow just doesn`t fit the path of venus even if the image is inverted.

With the high level of contract you would expect to see sun spots and other recognisable solar features. The colour is probably due to a Neodymium contrast enhancing filter. So I stand by my answer of the Image is of Jupiter.
 
  • #148
HRW has got this (it's a comet impact on Jupiter), but Bob gets half a point for realising that it wasn't visible light. The photo was taken in the UV range.
 
  • #149
brewnog said:
HRW has got this (it's a comet impact on Jupiter), but Bob gets half a point for realising that it wasn't visible light. The photo was taken in the UV range.
I still don't have a clue, so I reckon it's Bob's turn. :biggrin:

Was it Shoemaker-Levy 9? The pattern looked the same to me. I must know! Eh. :shy: Woot! It was: http://www.solarviews.com/cap/sl9/hst22juv.htm
I am the master. :cool:
 
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  • #150
It was indeed Shoemaker-Levy 9, taken by Hubble's wide field camera.
 

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