pc1 Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 reading a magazine in a small park,i suddenly saw bright light in the sky,EOS 5 on my lap, took this shot,, 2 or 3 seconds it was gone. no sound, i have a feeling no one else saw it but me. got it on film, so i guess it ain't a figment of my imagination. <img src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display? photo_id=1656236&size=md"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc1 Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 BTW, this image you're looking at,wasn't altered or tweaked in any way, didn't even crop it. .. pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgo Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 What image are we looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgo Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Got it now ... OK ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokkor fan Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 I think this shot would be better posted in the critique section not the camera equipment forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyle_gordon Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 If you look at the top left end of the light it looks like a plane with exhaust, you should check if you are near an air force base where they test planes, as the exhaust looks different then anything ive ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajpn Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Looks like what? A jet with duel engines? This <i>is</i> a joke, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_lofquist Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Where was the photo taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc1 Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 Alex,photo was taken in Hk, near the horse racing track,no horse races that day,very quiet evening. well, maybe they're testing a new breed of jet engines, i was only wondring why i didn't hear a sound. they've probably developed a new silencer for these engines ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tightwad Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I live in the midwest and we see this all the time. The plane is so high up that no sound reaches the ground. At time we see the trails "cross" from two or more planes but they look like they are the same altitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal_bissinger Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 This could be serious. Have you reported it to the Department of Homeland Security yet? Bush will want to send somebody right over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Paul, I don't understand what you are talking about. This is a photo of an airplane vapor trail. It would have been a novelty in the 1950s, but by now we've all seen a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougmiles Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 "This is a photo of an airplane vapor trail. It would have been a novelty in the 1950s, but by now we've all seen a few." Right... It's actually called a "condensation trail" or "contrail" for short. Water vapor is a major component of airplane engine exhaust, so this is simply a cloud formed by the engines. This doesn't always happen; it takes the right temperature & humidity conditions at that altitude for the visible contrail to form. Military pilots may choose a different altitude to avoid making contrails. It tends to spread with time, so it's clear that in this picture the airplane must be at the upper left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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