Today we're taking a break from talking about rainbows in the sky and instead talking about how awesome Rainbow Dash is.
She's not as awesome as Rarity, but she comes pretty close sometimes. It's not her fault, really. It's tough to come close to perfection. It's like coming close to the speed of light- the closer you get, the harder it gets to actually reach that plateau of pristine pony perfection. Although, supposedly the way that warp drives work is by squeezing the space time in front and behind the ship with a projected field of some kind so that you never have to deal with the relativistic effects and energy consequences of approaching the speed of light. It's called the Alcubierre drive. Look it up.
Anyway, so, in an episode whose name I can't remember just from the above picture, Rainbow Dash flew through some clouds, making some nice holes. At first I think we all assumed it was cartoon physics and left it at that. However, supposedly this can actually occur if the object is moving fast enough through said cloud, as soon above.
I don't have an article to go along with the post this time, but, it's hard to argue with those kinds of results.
73 comments:
Can't sleep now; head is full of ponies.
ReplyDeleteZee zcience, it does nothink!
ReplyDeleteThe episode is Griffon the Brush Off, just to let you know.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I can tell by the writing style that this is a Cereal Velocity post and not a Sethisto post?
ReplyDelete@Shadowdemon137
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure it happened also in The Boast Busters.
"Although, supposedly the way that warp drives work is by squeezing the space time in front and behind the ship with a projected field of some kind so that you never have to deal with the relativistic effects and energy consequences of approaching the speed of light. It's called the Alcubierre drive. Look it up."
ReplyDeleteI take it this is from that argument you had with Phoe about how warp drives work? lol.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIt does happen in Boast Busters, but that particular scene is from Griffin the Brush Off
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIt also happened in Boast Busters, but the specific picture above is from Griffon the Brush Off.
Eat that science!
ReplyDelete@Shadowdemon137
ReplyDeleteThat's some crazy timing right there.
...Ow. My head.
ReplyDelete@Brian
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is. I think Pinkie is ahoof.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI can tell who writes the post easily!
...by the name at the bottom.
For once? Come on, with enough pseudoscience anything is fair game. I've almost completely justified the physics in the Sonic Rainboom scene.
ReplyDeleteOnly Griffin the Brush Off had those perfect circles, though. Boast Busters' holes were rough, and looked more plausible. As seen above, it looks like both kinds of holes are plausible...
ReplyDelete@The Linker
ReplyDeleteI don't feel comfortable replying to this comment.
I'm just gunna take a wild stab at thinking how this works, with only guessing and no researching (FYI, I'm winging it... So to speak):
ReplyDeleteIf something is going fast enough, doesn't it start creating that pocket of air, like just as something is breaking the speed of sound (that visible thingamajargon)? And if so, is that thingamajargon not probably rounded?
I'm guessing that's how that works... But I'm tired, hungry, and my head is full of ponies.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteexplain the Sonic Rainboom, if you said those
EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN!
ReplyDeleteTHE CULT OF SKARO DOES NOT COMPREHEND THIS ILOGICAL CONUNDRUM!
I've only recebtly starting checking the updates on this website and I'm getting irritated so instead of checking older posts can someone just respond to this reply:
ReplyDeleteAs I've seen in the last few days, does this morn blogger always state every night which FiM pony he is fapping his fat ass to sleep to?
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAhahahahahahahahaha... I'm sorry, but troll.
These guys work their butts off to keep this site going. Cereal, Sethisto, and Phoe all have their personal favorite ponies, so when they can in the blog, they try to add info about them. Just give it a week or two and you'll get used to it.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteReally? I'm all about love and tolerance, but when you come to a site and admit that you're a newcomer and then immediately start trolling?
Sorry, bro. That's just messed up.
Well, someone is going to be loved and tolerated today.
ReplyDeleteI love that giant mathematical equation it gives on Wikipedia. Just write Rainbow Dash and there is your answer.
ReplyDelete@Nick
ReplyDeleteLawl Im an anon I'd like to see you try and find all my 'troll' posts. !Hal Trollestia!
It's all fun and games until somepony brings pseudoscience into the mix...
ReplyDelete...then ponies minds are blown and the only way to recover them is to watch more rainbow dash...
...which then causes more ponies to bring even more pseudoscience into mix and more dash is needed...
...it's a truly diabolical cycle.
@Sir Leadhead
ReplyDelete...*sigh*
Stole my comment. -.-
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't be too hard, really, since most of the anons here are pretty cool guys. Full of cool stories for their bros and the like.
In any case, if you're trying to become a productive member of the community, you're going about it the wrong way. If you're trying to troll, this is the wrong place to do it. All that'll happen is people will love and tolerate you.
Rarity's harmony thing is generosity. That's antithesis of self centeredness.
ReplyDeleteShe's prideful (rightly so, imo), but she cares about her friends the most - just like every other pony on the cast :)
Hmm... Sonic Rainboom last week, I think it was...
ReplyDeleteCircular holes in clouds...
All of the signs point to...
OHGODRAINBOWDASHEXISTSTHEPLANETJUSTGOT20%COOLER!!11!!eleven!1
Doesn't anypony love everypony equally?
ReplyDeleteOh wait... I do... That's somebody.
@Nick
ReplyDeleteLawl 'Cool story for their bros' I doubt you came up with that yourself but that was lulz.
Well the 3 awful abridge series are so bad they troll themselves so no point going there, so I'll stick with the place with the most undeserving public attention.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteJustin Bieber's concerts?
THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!
ReplyDelete...oh wait, wrong quote.
If you want my personal opinion on why Rarity is the best pony, it crushes her when her friends don't like what she made. You can immediately label this as a lack of self-confidence or a major sense of self-centeredness of her own designs, but keep in mind the only reason she was making them was so her friends could look their best at one of the most prestigious events in Equestria. She didn't quit, either- she listened to them and tried to make their outfits exactly how they wanted them, even though the results were horrible. Far from being self-centered, she was being a friend far and beyond the call of duty.
ReplyDeleteShe wanted them all to succeed and wanted to make them happy, and that's why Rarity is best pony. There.
Actually the Alcubierre drive only squeezs space-time in the front. It expands it in the back so you get an attraction from the front and a repulsion from the back, resulting in the movement of the pocket of space-time.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIf by 'came up with that yourself' you mean I was referencing a meme, then yes. Obviously. As for the rest of your post, you aren't being too coherent. Mind elaborating?
I've never watched the abridged series, because I don't see it being all that funny, so I have nothing to say about it. As for the whole 'undeserving public attention' what exactly do you mean?
@Marcoooootje1
ReplyDeleteAnd yet you couldn't resist. /sly grin
@Nick
ReplyDeleteI'd agree but disagree with your argument. If this dude was honestly 'working his ass off' in this post, then he wouldn't have the nerve to openly say he didn't do his research. That and he was too lazy to even reference the corrct episodes. 'Working his ass off' indeed. This was a useless blog.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteWhen did I say anything about anyone working their asses off? I don't see it >_>
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteGame on.
Essentially, you begin with the assumption that the Pony laws of physics are as close to ours as possible, and that there are no animation errors in the scene. My theory is that the Sonic Rainboom is actually a misnomer, and that the Rainboom part isn't caused by exceeding the speed of sound, but rather by some other constant, maybe terminal velocity or some friction-with-air speed. But once a pony breaks this 'Air barrier' as I'll call it, they can accelerate freely again, and they quickly cause a real sonic boom by exceeding the speed of sound then. This opens the possibility for lots of explanations. I haven't gotten the chance to, but I plan on doing some sort of trig to figure out exactly how far Rarity had to fall before hitting the ground, which would give you a good estimate on a) the terminal velocity of a pony (yea yea different position affects that, it's a lower bound) and b) how far Rainbow Dash had to accelerate to catch Rarity. If you look through the whole series, there's overwhelming proof that Pegausus ponies weigh significantly less that regular ponies and unicorns, espically with the innate ability to walk on clouds and that one scene in applebuck season where Applejack is able to launch Rainbow Dash many times higher than herself.
Right. Back to the Rainboom. So obviously the fact that it's a rainbow to begin with has to do with the fact that Rainbow Dash is made of rainbows. Upon the...
Okay, I just got another way of thinking of it. You know when you heat water, before turning to steam, some of the energy instead goes to breaking the chemical bonds in the substance? Well, I believe that the resistance Rainbow Dash finds while trying to break the air barrier are caused by her attempted increase in kinetic energy instead going into causing fancy chemistry happening in her body, so that when that finally finishes, she can resume accelerating, exceeding terminal velocity, causing a sonic boom. Whatever chemicals cause Rainbow's tail to have its colors are now reacting with the oxygen or whatever in the air, causing precipitates of rainbow colors to form behind her. The visible white barrier in front of her is caused by air being compressed faster than it can move out of the way, heating up in accordance with Charles' Law. This is done in such a significant fashion that the air molecules ionize and emit light. As the pressure increases further, the effect becomes elongated, and begins to siphon off some of the rainbow chemicals.
*sips tea*
@Aquaman52
ReplyDelete*runs off in his carmen sandiego-style red thief suit* MUHAHAHAHAHA!
also, parasprite. dont feed it.
@Nick
ReplyDeleteI said it... ^^;
Well said, Cereal.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDelete-Sensors activated.
-Troll detected.
-Activating love and tolerance systems.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteOh come on! I don't want to troll, I'm sorry if it came out that way. I just happen to be taking a chemistry class right now (burning stuff and screwing with silver nitrate is fun) and I happened to see a way to do it. That, and I already had something like this lined up for an abridged version of Sonic Rainboom except they're all chemists.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteHey, don't take it like that, they're on this blog to express love for ponies, so it's kinda reasonable that if they love somepony more than others, they express their choice in that matter :p (And here I am talking of love just in a "preference" subtext, I don't care nor I have ever cared what people on the Internet do with their private parts)
Plus, most importantly, these random banters are generally accepted by the ED community. People think it's funny and entertaining, and I do too. They're cool to watch (once Seth and Cereal had an edit war about this very preference reason, and I liked it for one), and for me, I feel the bloggers being closer to the readers if they take time to talk about themselves and/or what they like.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI think he meant to reply to reply to this guy. I mean, I hope so.
@The Linker
ReplyDelete-Your assumption is accurate.
-Your perception is good.
-Approval.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteMy hobby is resolving misunderstandings and pre-empting conflict! :D
Well, one of my hobbies. Ponies is another. Maybe they`re related.
@The Linker
ReplyDeleteI guess you could say... they're linked.
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Physics is Magic. 'Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteMan I need to study more. :C
@Nick
ReplyDeleteI lol'd :D
I bet somepony else has said this, but that's from episode 6, Boast Busters. Right when Rainbow Dash is trying to show off Trixie.
ReplyDeleteOk, I'm confused as to the physics of these things.
ReplyDeleteDo the eddy currents the planes leave behind prevent nucleation sites from forming in that circular area, or create many nucleation sites, allowing the water to precipitate out of the circle?
oh yeah, Rarity so awesome, Dash doesn't even come close. after all, Rainbow Dash only gave EVERYONE their purpose in life with her sonic rainboom. but you know. Rarity make dress and plays with rocks. thats just as good.
ReplyDeleteSUPREME SARCASM
I could even read the rest post after I got to the part where you said rainbow dash isn't as awesome as rarity.
Idk if this has already been posted but the phenomenon in question occurs when a object travels through the cloud at speed. it lowers the temp of surrounding particles and causes precipitation or snow. the small amount produced by the plane or object creates a chain reaction that creates the circle shown
ReplyDeleteMind Implosion IMMINENT... Cheers Cereal
ReplyDeleteI was JUST try to remember that Warp Drive, but I couldn't recall the name... Thanks. Xp
ReplyDelete>Implying Rainbow Dash isn't the best pony
ReplyDeleteYou know...you should be thanking Rainbow Dash on bended knee.
ReplyDeleteAfter they way Rarity treated Dash in episode 16, I was all set to tell her "NO, after that gigantic stunt you pulled, you don't get off the hook just like that. You don't even -SOUND- sorry, from the way you talk about the loss of your wings!"
And then Rainbow Dash forgives her, like a boss. And a man learns to forgive the fashonista pony.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.
You DARE say Rainbow Dash is not as awesome as Rarity?! YOU MUST DIE.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteLink: 'I just wonder what Ganon's up to!'
~Meanwhile, in Ganon's lair...
♪ My Little Pony, My Little Pony, aah-aah-aah-aaah ♪
@Dr. Derpenstien, PHD
ReplyDeleteIt's probably just the heat plume from a power plant's chimney or something.
I knew it. Pinkie Pie broke through the fourth wall and now walks among us.
ReplyDeleteAnd the other ponies have followed after her!
PONIES WALK AMONG US!
And fly, too, apparently...
That cloud hole is a common phenomena caused by an airplane flying through a cloud of supercooled water droplets.
ReplyDeleteSupercooled droplet are highly unstable (as they are liquids which are below their normal freezing point), so the turbulence caused by an airplane causes the droplet to instantly freeze into ice, releasing some heat as it turn from liquid to a solid.
The heat released causes 2 things. Firstly it causes a convection current, which propagates the air turbulence, leading to more supercooled droplets turning to ice. And the heat released is enough to evaporate the water droplets.
The two factors work in tandem to cause these cloud holes which maybe up to 50km wide.
What? Rainbow Dash, the fan favorite awesome lesbian pony, is less awesome than RARITY?! Nobody likes RARITY.
ReplyDeleteJust gonna leave this here: http://www.kcra.com/weather/25977668/detail.html
ReplyDelete@ Jakeo
ReplyDeleteLies! Lies and slander!
I rate rainbow dash xp for breaking the visible light spectrum and flying ponies
ReplyDeleteits from Boast Busters
ReplyDeleteand are those cirrus clouds, cause they're way too thin to be stratus clouds.
(HuffytheMagicDragon)
lol rarity sucks
ReplyDeleteRainbow dash - 1.2
ReplyDeleteScience - 1