Iridium (Satellite) flare by RNitze

Photography • Space • posted on Aug 16, 2005

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More interesting than beautiful: What looks like a comet is a Satellite of the "Iridium" group. Normally, they are not or difficult to see. But sometimes the sun is reflected in their solar wings. In this case, they become very bright for a few seconds. If you get the whole flare on the foto, you see a stripe with a brighter center. In this case (in this foto), the exposing time ended in the brightest phase of the flare. The result: It looks like a comet. Thanks for your interest and all your nice comments about my last upload " Grand Canyon of the pacific " Greeting, Reinhard! German: Mehr interessant als sch

Comments (7)

thevolunteer

1:41PM | Tue, 16 August 2005

Nice capture. I forgot to look that night in Hawaii. Deceided to go to sleep. Midnight was too late for me. Aloha

hasexx

2:04PM | Tue, 16 August 2005

na.... wieder nachts nicht schlafen knen ???? na gott sei dank... sonst hten wir hier ja nicht so klasse fotos :-) in letzter Zeit waren wieder Hammer Sonnenuntergge leider muss ich dann meistens arbeiten, oder komme gearde von der Arbeit und habe meine Ixus nicht dabei :-/ auf jedenfall ein klasse Bild !!!!

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jcv2

4:52PM | Tue, 16 August 2005

Wow, what an incredible capture! Would never have thought to shoot anything like a satellite and yes, those wings can reflect the light when turned towards you! Excellent work, Reinhard, very impressive!

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