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What do you make of this (strange cloud/object?)

  • 31-12-2012 12:48PM
    #1
    Pearsem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    At around 8:20 am yesterday I glimpsed out my east facing kitchen window, and spotted something - I ran and grabbed my camera and 300mm lens but only managed to grab 2 or 3 frames before it disappeared behind a cloud bank. What say ye?

    DSC_7856_zps95a99e20.jpg

    DSC_7855_zps19474bd8.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    maquiladora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Jet contrail illuminated by rising sun.

    Something similar to these.

    http://contrailscience.com/short-sunlit-contrails-look-like-ufos/


  • #3
    Pearsem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Pearsem


    I thought as much. I was curious as to the pattern of the contrails as there appeared to be 6 or more of them, heading in a northerly direction. I thought b52's and the like have systems to disperse contrails.


  • #4
    weisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,854 ✭✭✭weisses


    Pearsem wrote: »
    I thought as much. I was curious as to the pattern of the contrails as there appeared to be 6 or more of them, heading in a northerly direction. I thought b52's and the like have systems to disperse contrails.


    Next time when you have the chance try to go online and go here http://www.flightradar24.com/

    That could clear things up maybe

    And the way i look at it its originating as 4 contrails ... possible the airbus 380


  • #5
    Pearsem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Pearsem


    weisses wrote: »
    Next time when you have the chance try to go online and go here http://www.flightradar24.com/

    That could clear things up maybe

    And the way i look at it its originating as 4 contrails ... possible the airbus 380

    Great site, thanks for that.

    I see planes going overhead (i'm in Donegal) East-West and vice versa all day, but never heading North like this guy was.


  • #6
    weisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,854 ✭✭✭weisses


    Maybe posting the pictures in here could help http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=905

    Very knowledgeable bunch in there ... tell them time of day and heading ... they can probably tell you what plane it was .. good luck


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  • #7
    maquiladora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Pearsem wrote: »
    I thought as much. I was curious as to the pattern of the contrails as there appeared to be 6 or more of them, heading in a northerly direction. I thought b52's and the like have systems to disperse contrails.

    If you look at the 'front' you can see there are 4 contrails, it just looks like 6 further back as they are spread out.

    Sort of like this A380, but you saw it from a different perspective.
    An Air France A380 from LA to Paris flew over Donegal at around 8:30 yesterday.

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  • #8
    wuzziwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭wuzziwig


    Wow that's cool. Never heard of contrails before.

    To me the photo looked like the black smoke from Lost emitting a strange light!


  • #9
    eskimocat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭eskimocat


    If you google contrails + clouds you should find a couple of sites with lots of good pics.


  • #10
    bijou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭bijou


    weisses wrote: »
    Next time when you have the chance try to go online and go here http://www.flightradar24.com/

    That could clear things up maybe

    And the way i look at it its originating as 4 contrails ... possible the airbus 380

    There is a "playback" feature on flight radar 24 where you can put in a date and time and you can see what was overhead at that particular time. That's assuming the aircraft has ADS-B.

    http://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works


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