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Flashing Light
Taken by Harlan Thomas on August 13, 2016 @ Northeast of Calgary on Highway 791

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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D810
Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 4000
Date Taken: 2016:08:17 02:44:36

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Really would like an explanation of what this flash of light would be???

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I do not know what it is, however, what it looks like is this: An LED light on a smartphone reflected off glass that the phone was pointed at while taking an out-of-focus picture of rain drops on the glass.

Posted by dougr855 2016-08-17 20:55:35

These are cropped images taken during the morning of the 13th of August, and were taken in the constellation Andromeda. I have seen this light flash before and its the first time that I have been able to image it, proving to myself that I wasnt seeing things.

Posted by HDT 2016-08-18 03:17:12

IF, if this isnt some trickery and that is out of focus stars and a flash did happen, its possible that it was spinning junk. Often while I stargaze I will see small pricks of very bright light flash. Sometimes it will flash at a mag of -6. If I have a pair of binos with me, Ill look up at where the flash came from and Ill see a very, very faint object going across the sky. Sometimes it will flash again. Sometimes it wont.

Posted by AdamS84 2016-08-19 00:07:40

Could it be an Iridium Flash?

Most Iridium satellites are still controlled, so their flares can be predicted. The Iridium communication satellites have a peculiar shape with three polished door-sized antennas, 120° apart and at 40° angles with the main bus. The forward antenna faces the direction the satellite is travelling. Occasionally, an antenna reflects sunlight directly down at Earth, creating a predictable and quickly moving illuminated spot on the surface below of about 10 km (6.2 mi) diameter. To an observer this looks like a bright flash, or flare in the sky, with a duration of a few seconds.

Posted by NWradio 2016-08-20 12:15:28

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