An explanation for that ring over Moscow

William Gibson offered an explanation for that swamp gas/weather anomaly that appeared over Moscow earlier this month:

That ominous ring of cloud over Moscow was God noticing the whale-penis upholstery in those diamond-crusted Russian SUVs.

That line is not an exaggeration mocking the nouveau riche. He was referring to this.

*Previously: Diagram of the delicious parts of the whale, perhaps?

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