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I see movement on the ground that is not explained. I assume it is not relevant but it is distracting for me.

Oh, now we have to pass an intelligence test? This is new.
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Cars on a road viewed through trees?

[quote=MarkBour post_id=285650 time=1536467205 user_id=141361]
[quote=BDanielMayfield post_id=285637 time=1536411682 user_id=139536]
[quote=Boomer12k post_id=285636 time=1536383493 user_id=120851]
There are TWO flashes to the right... one higher, and one lower, which does not seem to be moving... what is that???

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If you look closer the second flash does move slightly. I think this object might be a satellite.
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Could be. Or maybe a flashing light from an airplane?
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Yes, that might even be more likely.

[quote=Guest post_id=285651 time=1536477916]
I see movement on the ground that is not explained. I assume it is not relevant but it is distracting for me.

Oh, now we have to pass an intelligence test? This is new.
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It is easy even for the very intelligent to overlook things:[quote="APOD Robot" post_id=285634 time=1536379529 user_id=128559]
[b] Explanation: [/b] ... while packing away their equipment, skygazers at a campsite ...[/quote]

I see movement on the ground that is not explained. I assume it is not relevant but it is distracting for me.

Oh, now we have to pass an intelligence test? This is new.

[quote=BDanielMayfield post_id=285637 time=1536411682 user_id=139536]
[quote=Boomer12k post_id=285636 time=1536383493 user_id=120851]
There are TWO flashes to the right... one higher, and one lower, which does not seem to be moving... what is that???

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If you look closer the second flash does move slightly. I think this object might be a satellite.
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Could be. Or maybe a flashing light from an airplane?

[quote=Boomer12k post_id=285636 time=1536383493 user_id=120851]
There are TWO flashes to the right... one higher, and one lower, which does not seem to be moving... what is that???

:---[===] *
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If you look closer the second flash does move slightly. I think this object might be a satellite.

There are TWO flashes to the right... one higher, and one lower, which does not seem to be moving... what is that???

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[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180908.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_180908.jpg[/img] [size=150]Real Time Perseid[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] [url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/tag/all-sky-camera/]Bright meteors[/url] and dark night skies made this year's Perseid meteor shower a great time for a weekend campout. And while packing away their equipment, skygazers at a campsite in the mountains of southern Germany found at least one more reason to linger under the stars, witnessing this brief but colorful flash with their own eyes. [url=http://www.allthesky.de/atmosphere/perseid11aug18.html]Presented as a 50 frame gif[/url], the two second long video was captured during the morning twilight of August 12. In real time it shows the development of the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180817.html]typical[/url] green train of a bright Perseid meteor. A much fainter Perseid is just visible farther to the right. [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180816.html]Plowing through[/url] Earth's atmosphere at 60 kilometers per second, Perseids are fast enough to excite the characteristic green emission of atomic oxygen at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so.


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