What the hell?

[Maha]

Saw this in the North western sky tonight, its not a vapour trail, it was moving, its not a cloud, can anybody enhance these pic's so we can have a better look......not a p/t

[The_Dover]

mom, you've come back for me..............

[crashe]

ok at first I thought you meant the pole had moved.. as it aint in the third pic.:whistle:


A falling star.... that you wish upon........:whistle:

It wont be a UFO.......

[Colapop]

It is a common phenomenom, known as strato phospherence. Quite often usually in unsettled weather patterns (can occur hundreds of miles from them) rapidly cooled warm air causes localised pockets of ice crystals to form. As these descend through the atmosphere (mostly seen in the late evening with the low refractive angle of light from the sun) the light reflects from them giving the impression of a light 'shower' or object in the sky. Mistaken for a UFO by lots of people...

[Quasievil]

Sun reflecting on an aircraft, it wasnt an alien , dover was on the puter, unless he went to fast over the harbour bridge and launched himself??

[Lil_Byte]

It is a common phenomenom, known as strato phospherence. Quite often usually in unsettled weather patterns (can occur hundreds of miles from them) rapidly cooled warm air causes localised pockets of ice crystals to form. As these descend through the atmosphere (mostly seen in the late evening with the low refractive angle of light from the sun) the light reflects from them giving the impression of a light 'shower' or object in the sky. Mistaken for a UFO by lots of people...

God take all the fun out of it, I thought I was going to have to Phone Home:Punk:

[Maha]

It is a common phenomenom, known as strato phospherence. Quite often usually in unsettled weather patterns (can occur hundreds of miles from them) rapidly cooled warm air causes localised pockets of ice crystals to form. As these descend through the atmosphere (mostly seen in the late evening with the low refractive angle of light from the sun) the light reflects from them giving the impression of a light 'shower' or object in the sky. Mistaken for a UFO by lots of people...

Yeah i did think of that...............:innocent:

You know Col?....to the naked eye, it seemed as tho' something was burning up, but you explained it very well and i will run with that, *bling* to you mate.
Although crashe's explaination was pretty good to....:yes:

[Quasievil]

As close as I can go

[The_Dover]

bull shit cock knockers.

that's a bona fide space ship. haven't you seen K-Pax and ET and that one with the little hairy things that eat cows?

<img src="http://www.wowmuseum.com/images/Exhibits/Space%20Ship.jpg">

[Maha]

mom, you've come back for me..............

You were left here?....thought you were ejaculated.....:blip:

ok at first I thought you meant the pole had moved.. as it aint in the third pic.:whistle:

UOTE]

Rest that brain crashe........ i say rest that brain......:zzzz:

[QUOTE=Quasievil;790670]Sun reflecting on an aircraft, it wasnt an alien , dover was on the puter, unless he went to fast over the harbour bridge and launched himself??

Had eliminated Dover.....not his kinda high.......:doobey:

[Maha]

As close as I can go

Cheers Qusai.......yeah its got a tail .. (dam that means Dover is back in the equation)...and it was moving very slowly to the north, wasn't thinking of the UFO thing, i took 16 pics but the 3 that i put up were the clearest, the other ones, it was getting smaller, hard to pick out..(once again, Dover springs to mind)...:killingme

[Colapop]

Did anybody bother to verify what I said??? Can you say G U L L I B L E ????

Try a Google search for Strato Phospherence... :innocent:

[paturoa]

seen similar several times from my place sitting on the deck around sun set doing the beer thing

When I looked thru the binoculars (sp?) was a plane of to oz with the light reflecting off it

[Mental Trousers]

I'd say it's a UFO cos then I'd be able to convince the blond next door that we're about to be invaded by aliens and we should shag before being turned into hors d'oevres.

[Macktheknife]

I'd say it's a UFO cos then I'd be able to convince the blond next door that we're about to be invaded by aliens and we should shag before being turned into hors d'oevres.

FINALLY a sensible answer!

[terbang]

you are looking up an aircrafts vapuor trail. Looks low on the horizon only because the earth is a sphere and he has just left the twilight zone.. Very spectacular across the north atlantic with the massive volume of traffic there.

[The Pastor]

Once I saw a rocket taking off, that was pretty cool, either it was a rocket or the P i was smoking. Oh look a rubber band that looks like my bike's wheel

[marty]

Did anybody bother to verify what I said??? Can you say G U L L I B L E ????

Try a Google search for Strato Phospherence... :innocent:

maybe no-one gave a fuck......

[smokeyging]

Light reflecting off a satellite orbiting the earth

[marty]

low on the horizon, going mostly away from you (to aussie) - lots of actual linear travel, but to your aspect, very little - like a car coming towards you verses travelling across your path. and cause it's at 30000ft, the sun's still shining up there

[terbang]

low on the horizon, going mostly away from you (to aussie) - lots of actual linear travel, but to your aspect, very little - like a car coming towards you verses travelling across your path. and cause it's at 30000ft, the sun's still shining up there


The twilight zone, officially 6 deg (on average) of the earths rotation runs up from the surface away from the sun at an angle. It is a very defined demarcation between night and day. You don't see it from the ground but clearly seen from high altitude. The aircraft, is on the other side of the demarcation (twilight zone) in daylight to the west. Whilst he would be, say 30000 feet or more above the earths surface at that point he is lower relative to your position. Hence the low appearance on the horizon.
I have flown at an altitude some 10000 feet above another aircraft and yet when their trail first appears over the horizon you could swear that they were at your same altitude. Of course this doesn't apply to those followers or the flat earth society.

[marty]

that'll be the atpl exlanation......

[marty]

nananananananananananana

picture a man on a journey
beyond sight and sound
he's left crete
he's entered....the demilitirised zone

the demilitirised zone?
sounds like something out of the wizard of oz
'oh no don't go in there'
'i'll get you my pretty.......'


oh sorry, wrong movie.

[SwanTiger]

The twilight zone, officially 6 deg (on average) of the earths rotation runs up from the surface away from the sun at an angle. It is a very defined demarcation between night and day. You don't see it from the ground but clearly seen from high altitude. The aircraft, is on the other side of the demarcation (twilight zone) in daylight to the west. Whilst he would be, say 30000 feet or more above the earths surface at that point he is lower relative to your position. Hence the low appearance on the horizon.
I have flown at an altitude some 10000 feet above another aircraft and yet when their trail first appears over the horizon you could swear that they were at your same altitude. Of course this doesn't apply to those followers or the flat earth society.

Ah a very KISS and correct answer !! took a similar picture today that turned out awesome. There was a beautiful sunrise this morning as well :yes:

[John Banks]

It's a weather balloon... got it?

<img src="http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/mib2-smith-jones.jpg">

[andrea]

ok at first I thought you meant the pole had moved.. as it aint in the third pic.:whistle:


A falling star.... that you wish upon........:whistle:

It wont be a UFO.......

haha yeah i thought that too hmm i better lay off that shit winja gave me:stoogie: :eek5: :crazy: :wacko:

[Maha]

It is a common phenomenom, known as strato phospherence. Quite often usually in unsettled weather patterns (can occur hundreds of miles from them) rapidly cooled warm air causes localised pockets of ice crystals to form. As these descend through the atmosphere (mostly seen in the late evening with the low refractive angle of light from the sun) the light reflects from them giving the impression of a light 'shower' or object in the sky. Mistaken for a UFO by lots of people...


Well mister smart arse......i now think that this 'phenomenom' you speak of is in fact the comet that can be seen in the early evening sky's....i read in the Herald the other day that i was first seen in late August, and there was a pic very similar to the ones i took. The comet will be visible for another week apparently. The pics i took were of the Nth/Western sky at sunset which is were and when the said comet can be seen.....right, back to my holiday at the beach with the sun :sunny: ....

[Beemer]

Yes, it is indeed Comet McNaught - got great views of it from our place but spent so long hunting for the remote control for my digital camera (to take long exposures and not have camera shake) that I missed the best shots. Here's one I took as it was disappearing over the horizon at about 9pm. It's a gorgeous day again today, so hopefully it will be a clear night again and I can get some better shots tonight. I took a few handheld ones last night but they are too dark to be of any use.

[cynna]

its supposed to be visible for the next few weeks. glad i never stayed up to see hailys comet - this one is supposed to be the brightest yet

was clear in the sky just before 10pm in chch on tues night..... wondered what the fuckit was

[Sniper]

Its the end of the world as we know it......

[Finn]

The world is coming to an end. We're all going to die.

What's for lunch?

[Laava]

Did anybody bother to verify what I said??? Can you say G U L L I B L E ????

Try a Google search for Strato Phospherence... :innocent:

Did you know that gullible is not even a real word? It's not in the dictionary!

[jetboy]

no its a comet. it will be in out part of the solar system for the next few weeks - and infact will be the brightest of the comets (even brighter than haley's comet) to visit earth in this century

[jetboy]

infact check out http://www.stuff.co.nz/3929565a6530.html

[wybmadiity]

Well mister smart arse......i now think that this 'phenomenom' you speak of is in fact the comet that can be seen in the early evening sky's....i read in the Herald the other day that i was first seen in late August, and there was a pic very similar to the ones i took. The comet will be visible for another week apparently. The pics i took were of the Nth/Western sky at sunset which is were and when the said comet can be seen.....right, back to my holiday at the beach with the sun :sunny: ....


Wonered how long it would take and how much shit would be spoken before the truth came out...

* bling when i can give it again*

[Hitcher]

Its the end of the world as we know it...

But I feel fine.

[Colapop]

Strato Phospherence I say! The sky really is falling....

[JimO]

whats making the weird red circle around it?????

[0arbreaka]

sorry people, he didnt quite make it..

[mstriumph]

It is a common phenomenom, known as strato phospherence. Quite often usually in unsettled weather patterns (can occur hundreds of miles from them) rapidly cooled warm air causes localised pockets of ice crystals to form. As these descend through the atmosphere (mostly seen in the late evening with the low refractive angle of light from the sun) the light reflects from them giving the impression of a light 'shower' or object in the sky. Mistaken for a UFO by lots of people...

:gob: :gob: :gob: :gob: :gob: :gob:

[rwh]

....i read in the Herald the other day that i was first seen in late August,

Wow - I hadn't realised you were that young ...

Richard

[Biff]

But I feel fine.

It's actually, "fieeine" Mr H.