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Post by flimper » Thu May 11, 2017 6:33 pm

Close up after the rain we had today :o

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Post by buzyg » Thu May 11, 2017 8:09 pm

wtf. :o Never seen that before. :?

Is it a reflection of some thing above the car?
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Post by Crazy Harry » Thu May 11, 2017 8:15 pm

Wow! looks like a reflection of the sun or a street lamp.

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Post by srhutch » Thu May 11, 2017 8:21 pm

Acid rain lifting you paint Mark :evil:
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Post by Chris_D » Thu May 11, 2017 8:23 pm

Alien spawn. Dropped from a UFO piloted by Elvis, from the planet Tharg.
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Post by Bing » Thu May 11, 2017 11:52 pm

Is that a reflection of the sun through light cloud ?

Very weird indeed :?
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Post by flimper » Fri May 12, 2017 8:32 am

Definitely not a reflection as if you touch the droplets the dust or whatever it is moves around and changes shape
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Post by flimper » Fri May 12, 2017 8:33 am

Only thing I can think of is the car was very dusty after the Goodwood car park, so may have accumulated from that
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Post by Smartbear » Fri May 12, 2017 9:18 am

Chris_D wrote: Thu May 11, 2017 8:23 pm Alien spawn. Dropped from a UFO piloted by Elvis, from the planet Tharg.
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You sound like a 2000AD reader Chris :P
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Post by pvr » Fri May 12, 2017 9:37 am

That is a terrible panel gap indeed, not sure how you could live with that :evil:
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Post by PerryGunn » Fri May 12, 2017 11:46 am

flimper wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 8:32 am Definitely not a reflection as if you touch the droplets the dust or whatever it is moves around and changes shape
Looks like pollen - initial rain causes it to clump and then it spreads on the beads due to surface tension
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Post by Chris_D » Fri May 12, 2017 12:01 pm

Do you live around any military airbases by any chance?

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Post by patriot66 » Fri May 12, 2017 2:14 pm

Smartbear wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 9:18 am
Chris_D wrote: Thu May 11, 2017 8:23 pm Alien spawn. Dropped from a UFO piloted by Elvis, from the planet Tharg.
:o

You sound like a 2000AD reader Chris :P
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Post by JAD » Mon May 15, 2017 5:31 pm

flimper wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 8:33 am Only thing I can think of is the car was very dusty after the Goodwood car park, so may have accumulated from that
Rain Dust?

Intriguing what ever it is!

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