Earth Night of 11-14-08 – what is going on?

A black coating was over the entire earth for several hours and then cleared. What was this?

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Pictures taken on google earth.** it is happening again tonight (11-15-08) at the same time of day.

The earth is covered with blackness. This is not the nighttime shadows of the earth, but a blackness I have not seen before.

Normal shadows on the earth look thin and clear.  This is a thick, black opaque coating.

No matter where I went on the earth, the blackness was there, irregardless of the time of day. When it should have been daytime, it was black – every time zone was like this. I just took a few pictures.

There is a huge storm at the south pole. It covers about ¼ the lower part of the globe. In a few hours, the clouds diminished all over the earth and the blackness disappeared.

Notice how things (water, sky) go from black to blue when the atmosphere turns back to normal.

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About 5 pm EST:

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south pole – see the storms

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By 9 pm EST

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