For the 4th of July, they should make a fireworks display
using the proper metals to get red, white and blue
fireballs,
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| "Jim Macklin"
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| I prefer the solid ground for night sky viewing.
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| Fully understand this!
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| I've got a
| place with no nearby light pollution, millions more
stars
| are visible. One clear night a few years ago, there
was
| snow cover but no clouds at all, I was out driving by
the
| airport and wondered why they had the strobes running,
then
| I realized it was a meteor storm, the flashes were so
bright
| they were casting shadows on the snow and leaving smoke
| trails in the sky.
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| Let me guess, the Leonids? One night flight home, saw a
"fireball".
| Scared the bejeebers outta me it was so bright. And
like you saw, smoke
| trail followed it. At first, thought it was a plane
blowing up, but
| having seen meteors before, I knew better just from the
speed, length and
| angle of the flash. More lights upstairs then
downstairs on most of my
| night flights :-))
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| It was late at night, so I stayed out several hours
| watching. I made just one mistake, I told my wife
about it.
| She was tired and had to get up to go to her college
class.
| I thought she would not want to be disturbed. I told
her
| and she has never forgiven me.
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| Yep, though different situation here, it was the
Northern lights. Woke
| my wife up at 2 a.m. and it was -15F, but she didn't
regret it! Would
| love to see that from 5000 feet!
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| I was kinda hoping the sunspot causing the radiation
commotion would have
| kept up so it would kick up some northern lights, but
that simmered down.
| Wouuldn't have been good for the GPS network though I'd
suspect?
|
| Allen
|
| I have seen the Space Station go over from 5500' in a
Cessna 172. That
| was pretty neat, it looked different than on the ground,
as you had more
| hozion and it seemed you see it "arc" more as it went
across the sky. Saw
| it when me and my instructor did our night x-country from
Boeing Field to
| Port Angeles, Wa, and back. Saw it on the return leg.
:-) Unfortunately
| the 172 doesn't have a power setting that will keep up
with it. :-)
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