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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky
NASA ^
| September 30, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 09/30/2013 3:20:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: What is it? Some surely natural phenomenon has appeared in a video that, so far, has defied clear identification. The above time-lapse video was made to record Perseid meteors above Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick, Canada late this summer. The video, which ran from 9:30 pm August 11 to 3:00 am the next morning, records several meteor and satellite streaks beyond a picturesque background. Each image records a 30 second exposure. At about 25 seconds into the video, however, an unusual patchy green glow appears to cover the sky. Possible explanations include airglow, aurora, lighting from an artificial or natural source, or something completely different. This APOD is an attempt not only to solve this intriguing sky riddle, but to measure how powerful the APOD readership is as a citizen-science, collective-intelligence engine. If you have insight into what might be causing this phenomenon, please contribute to the discussion.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science
[Video Credit & Copyright: Kevin Snair, Creative Imagery]
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posted on
09/30/2013 3:20:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
09/30/2013 3:21:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
(Jimmy Buffett voice)
“Pleiades, callin’ me home...
Seven Sisters, she hears her Seven Sisters...”
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posted on
09/30/2013 3:30:26 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a wave rolled in at the bottom of the vid when the green started to appear in the sky.
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posted on
09/30/2013 3:31:18 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: SunkenCiv
Just looks like borealis to me.
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posted on
09/30/2013 3:37:23 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
To: SunkenCiv
At about 25 seconds into the video, however, an unusual patchy green glow appears to cover the sky.Have any cyinders yet landed in Horsell Common? Where is HMS Thunder Child?
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
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posted on
09/30/2013 4:23:28 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: SunkenCiv
Seen it before. Folding space...
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posted on
09/30/2013 4:38:36 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(he had the best m om - ever.)
To: Conan the Librarian
In before the obligatory - Khaaaan!
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posted on
09/30/2013 4:40:24 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(he had the best m om - ever.)
To: epluribus_2
Or Zaaartan! You Idiot! The lizardtransmogrifier was supposed to activate over GI Joe Headquarters!
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posted on
09/30/2013 4:43:19 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(he had the best m om - ever.)
To: SunkenCiv
Mebbe that’s where the videographer’s acid hit kicked in.
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posted on
09/30/2013 6:04:53 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: SunkenCiv
What is it? Some surely natural phenomenon has appeared in a video that, so far, has defied clear identification.
"Do I have to say it?"
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posted on
10/01/2013 7:08:27 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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