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by avicenna
Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Discussion of APOD 15 August 2007: Mysterious Streaks
Replies: 97
Views: 76213

Re: Still a hoax

Note to Annemarie :shock: : Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in the dictionary? Depends on the dictionary I suppose. But if you can find the time, some day, you might try to explain to me what sitting on my balcony, viewing a "meteorite" going the wrong way horizonta...
by avicenna
Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:21 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Discussion of APOD 15 August 2007: Mysterious Streaks
Replies: 97
Views: 76213

If ever I take up sky photography I will have to be very rich. I will have to hire a platoon of lawyers to stand beside me, review everything I do and put the digital originals safe somewhere as soon as I snap a picture. Than they have to swear affadavits that nothing was changed before sending the ...
by avicenna
Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:31 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Discussion of APOD 15 August 2007: Mysterious Streaks
Replies: 97
Views: 76213

I am very glad to find that amongst all the talking back and forward (It's powerlines, no it's Iridium flares no it's photoshop) there are a few people who, like me, come out and say they saw lights streaking across the sky in the wrong direction. I feel much less of a fool now. I also read the whol...
by avicenna
Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:39 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Discussion of APOD 15 August 2007: Mysterious Streaks
Replies: 97
Views: 76213

Hello, I am an absolute beginner so please bear with me. It is just that I did see one of those mysterious streaks too. From The Hague in The Netherlands, ( that is about 52 North) the morning of August 12, somewhere between 03.00 and 04.45 am (local time, so I guess that would 01.00-2.45 GMT) I hav...