Taken by Jon Dickson on August 13, 2013 @ Tenquille Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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I was taking photos of the Perseid Meteor shower and caught what appears to be two meteors in formation - but that seems incredibly unlikely. I didn't catch this with my naked eye. Can anyone tell me what this is?
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It seems to be a double Iridium flare.
Posted by eirexas 2014-02-23 04:14:04
it definitely looks like 2 iriduim flares.

See some other pictures I could find on google.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=double+iridium+flare&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9xgKU56rNaiS7Ab4qoGIAg&ved=0CGYQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=929#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=NCfF8jZ6XqKYDM%253A%3BmHcKQSRNdgTBfM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.astroverde.org%252Fimages%252FIridium%252FIridium%25252091-84%2525201736.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.astroverde.org%252Firidium_flares.htm%3B800%3B600

Note they probably didnt take place at the same time though.
Posted by manumarchal 2014-02-23 09:55:28
Ah. Seems the mystery is solved. Thank you both.
Posted by Burke Turkey 2014-02-23 13:04:54
 
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