Meteor - Not Sure
Taken by Barry Simmons on October 3, 2013 @ Lake Martin, Alabama
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  Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Exposure Time: 25/1
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 640
Date Taken: 2013:10:11 19:00:52
  
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HELP! Trying to figure out what I shot. When I saw Photo # 1, I thought a Meteor breaking-up (going left), then I saw the next 4 pics and saw it was going right and gaining altitude. I have never seen a Meteor move like that (but I’m no expert). Everything I’ve seen was straight line. Then I thought Military Jet dropping flairs, but this is a populated area and those flairs usually burn white, not red. Also at the distance away from the camera, I don’t think a small jet would have shown-up that good. Anybody have any ideas, please comment...
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A meteor is only visible for a fraction of a second, sometimes when it is a bright fireball, it might be 2-3 seconds to cross the sky. If something was visible for much longer time, it is sure that it was not a meteor,I guess it was an airplane or maybe some Chinese lantern.
Posted by LandyGyebnar 2013-10-11 23:21:23
Hi Barry,
First of all, cool looking pictures!
I think its definitely an aircrafts Navigation lights. In photo #1 it is red and then green as the aircraft changes direction (makes a left turn while travelling towards you).
Navigation lights on boats and aircraft are red on the left side and green on the right side... so an aircraft traveling left to right (from your perspective) will show green towards you... red when its traveling right to left.
Posted by JimR 2013-10-11 23:56:50
Landy and Jim, Thanks for your comments. Barry
Posted by Barry427 2013-10-12 12:49:53
Ive been photographing the night sky for close to 20 years now and have seen and captured some strange things also so welcome to the club.
Posted by supernova 2013-10-12 14:36:30
 
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