# Roswell Rods

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roswell-rods/119492>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roswell-rods/119492 "2002-07-17T22:42:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roswell-rods/119492/41 "2011-02-03T04:22:43Z")

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I was just looking at [this](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html) National Geographic photo contest and [this](http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n31_steve-irvine.jpg) one made me think of this thread. The caption on the main page is: “Moths to Light. Moths attracted to a light in front of my home. (Photo and caption by Steve Irvine)”

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roswell-rods/119492/42 "2011-02-03T17:33:28Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> I was just looking at [this](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html) National Geographic photo contest and [this](http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n31_steve-irvine.jpg) one made me think of this thread. The caption on the main page is: “Moths to Light. Moths attracted to a light in front of my home. (Photo and caption by Steve Irvine)”

Ah, but those aren’t rods, but spirals. Different species. 🙂

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