Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota...

Antaletriangle · 02-18-2009, 08:12 PM

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090217.html

Credit & Copyright: Tyler Blessing
Explanation: What in heaven's blazes is that? When landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 2002, just before his flight ascended above cloud level in the early evening, passenger Tyler Blessing saw and photographed "huge curved sheets of glowing light extending from cloud to ground." The glow appeared unlike other unusual lights more typically seen, including crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and the glory. A leading possibility, mentioned initially by the photographer, is that the light sheets are setting sunlight scattered off of falling rain. Alternatively, the phenomenon could just be a peculiar window reflection. APOD readers, who have previously shown an impressive ability to pool their collective intelligence to create a better understanding of photographed sky anomalies, are invited to discuss this online. It might help to know that EXIF data indicates that the image was captured on 2002 September 23 at about 8:07 pm in the evening (local time), and that the camera was reported to be pointing north of west at that time. The oval on the ground, visible in the lower right of the above image, is Canterbury Downs race track.

Orion11 · 02-18-2009, 08:22 PM

i saw the same thing on a flight to kansas..

i was further away from it than this guy was...

its like this guy was flying right through what i saw from a distance..

cool!!

Dantheman62 · 02-18-2009, 08:31 PM

Weird,you can see the tops of the clouds at the top of the picture, so if it's the clouds being lit up by the sun or something, it's only like part of the clouds. hmmm

Czymra · 02-18-2009, 09:04 PM

Was the camera date set wrongly or is this a photograph from many years ago?

Antaletriangle · 02-18-2009, 11:30 PM

I think it's a photo from 2002 as mentioned above-it's probably just surfaced.

02-18-2009, 08:12 PM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota... http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090217.html Credit & Copyright: Tyler Blessing Explanation: What in heaven's blazes is that? When landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 2002, just before his flight ascended above cloud level in the early evening, passenger Tyler Blessing saw and photographed "huge curved sheets of glowing light extending from cloud to ground." The glow appeared unlike other unusual lights more typically seen, including crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and the glory. A leading possibility, mentioned initially by the photographer, is that the light sheets are setting sunlight scattered off of falling rain. Alternatively, the phenomenon could just be a peculiar window reflection. APOD readers, who have previously shown an impressive ability to pool their collective intelligence to create a better understanding of photographed sky anomalies, are invited to discuss this online. It might help to know that EXIF data indicates that the image was captured on 2002 September 23 at about 8:07 pm in the evening (local time), and that the camera was reported to be pointing north of west at that time. The oval on the ground, visible in the lower right of the above image, is Canterbury Downs race track.

02-18-2009, 08:22 PM	#2
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota... i saw the same thing on a flight to kansas.. i was further away from it than this guy was... its like this guy was flying right through what i saw from a distance.. cool!!

02-18-2009, 08:31 PM	#3
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota... Weird,you can see the tops of the clouds at the top of the picture, so if it's the clouds being lit up by the sun or something, it's only like part of the clouds. hmmm

02-18-2009, 09:04 PM	#4
Czymra Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,151	Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota... Was the camera date set wrongly or is this a photograph from many years ago?

02-18-2009, 11:30 PM	#5
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota... I think it's a photo from 2002 as mentioned above-it's probably just surfaced.