Rocky Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) http://youtu.be/5DrzOpIgPhU Watch it in HD to see it! Trying to upload to vimeo to get better quality.... What do you think, a meteor?? Edited October 26, 2014 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANiC Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 was expecting to be rick rolled at the end definitely aliens not a meteor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Haha good one. How about the odds on that though? My pointing a timelapse camera at the exact right spot in the sky for the right 30 minutes of today and the clouds clearing JUST in time to catch it. Freaking unbelievable. Edited October 26, 2014 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Awesome dude now go and buy a lottery ticket lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hmmm, Rocky... Not to be the resident nay-sayer here, but that looks like a jet and it's contrail over a time lapsed image. I meteor in time lapse would be a might quicker than that I'd imagine. Though I am no expert here and I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 There is another one in the upper left before the first little one you pointed out. I think all are jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) ya looks like contrails from aircraft. wow cloudy there. I saw one on the way to work last year, looked like a skyrocket falling fast, kind of looked like when the spaceshuttle burned up rentering the atmosphere. They are more common then one would think. Edited October 27, 2014 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Dunno if u r looking at the right thing, but these are not contrails. In fairness, you have to see it on the original movie before uploading has made it blocky. The main one on the right at 17 seconds actually starts right at the top of the frame, comes down at a 1 oclock to a 7 oclock angle bright and white before blowing in the wind and disapaiting. Contrails dont go vertical, they are horz. I'll upload the org footage its only 60Mb and you'll see what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Here's the original footage without any compression malarky. https://files.secureserver.net/0sUy5hclHeAYme If at 17 secs you look to the extreme top of the movie between the sun and the right edge, you can clearly see it come in from the top, come down vertically as it burns up in the atmosphere. If you think timelapse would miss a meteor, look how slow this one is. These things don't get caught on film very often, so it's a keeper Edited October 27, 2014 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Na that was Daniel McKim practicing for the next games! If Tyler updates the next server patch I'll be able to post links in Explorer! Google chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I still think they are contrails, they don't look vertical, they are horizontal but very high up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Could have been. They happen all the time, more then one would think. The one I saw looked like this, but not as bright. This one in Russia made a hell of a noise rentering. They probley thought they was under attack. Americans launch bomb! LOL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU Edited October 28, 2014 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) I still think they are contrails, they don't look vertical, they are horizontal but very high up. You are looking at the wrong thing then. Edited October 28, 2014 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 From that angle Rocky, it looks horizontal to me, but eh, what do I know, I am a lawyer not a meteor-ologist (lol, I know, that is a weatherman! lol) or a scientist in that particular field. If it were going more left to right or right to left you could tell if it were actually changing elevation a little easier, but that high up at that angle I have seen aircraft contrails that looked like that. I certainly don't know what it was and being an amateur, my opinion isn't well founded, but if I were putting money on it considering the time lapse, I'd say contrail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) True who knows what it was. Apologies for becoming a bit argumentative, my bad. Back to Elite Dangerous for me.... Edited October 30, 2014 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 It's all good Rocky. You could be right after all. I was just voicing an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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