What have you seen in the skies?

[ben45750]

Last night while driving to Chicago, from Columbus, Ohio I saw a small shooting star. That got me wondering, while out here for just a couple years I have seen some good size shooting stars (meteor shower's).

The best thing in the sky I have probably seen was when coming across I70 west of St. Louis and saw a huge meteor. It lasted for about 3-4 seconds and lit up the entire ski (was bright as a bolt of lightning lasting 3-4 seconds). I have seen 2 other good size ones but not nearly the same size.

You guys ever see things like that or maybe even stranger things you can't explain?

[Jackrabbit379]

I see shooting stars quite a bit. I keep wishing that one of these days, I would get rich. I guess, I gotta keep waiting on the right star. :P

[mike3fan]

The northern lights in the U.P. of Michigan are always cool.

[Jackrabbit379]

I remember seeing those when I used to run up in the Dakotas. They are cool.

[ben45750]

The northern lights in the U.P. of Michigan are always cool.

I still haven't seen the Northern Lights.

[Twilight Flyer]

I still haven't seen the Northern Lights.

You ought to check with Yoopr on that. He's so far north, they are the SOUTHERN lights for him.

:P

[Roadhog]

We get beautiful Northern Lights where I live too. Sometimes they are in different colors, and streak accross the whole sky. You'd think you were on LSD or something...as it makes such a surreal display.

This is one of my favorite photos of the Lights with a Thunder storm.

[shyykatt]

N lights are pretty neat- can get incredibly colorful sometimes.

Cool pic RH.

[yoopr]

here's some pretty nice photos

http://www.lakesuperiorphoto.com/bor...rn_lights.html

[Jackrabbit379]

Those were nice. I've never seen the different colored lights. Just the white that come up, that glitter, or have a fade affect.

[LilBit]

I remember the first time I saw those lights I was small on a trip with my mom....remember being scared not knowing what they were till mom told me about them, now I think they are just beautiful...I have some neat pictures from places we've been but none compare to the beauty of those lights that yoopr posted here.........

[WildK9]

nice pics there yoopr! :wink:

also enjoy roadhog's: that storm AND the lights are cool! :wink:

[TruckerChris]

Lots of rainbows and some CRAZY storms...


Canyonville, OR Decemeber 2006


Heres some shooting stars for ya...

[tahawus]

a UFO

[shyykatt]

ever see "Fire in the sky?"- supposed to be true; NOT saying I believe it, but it was an interesting movie.

[Malaki86]

Last night while driving to Chicago, from Columbus, Ohio I saw a small shooting star. That got me wondering, while out here for just a couple years I have seen some good size shooting stars (meteor shower's).

The best thing in the sky I have probably seen was when coming across I70 west of St. Louis and saw a huge meteor. It lasted for about 3-4 seconds and lit up the entire ski (was bright as a bolt of lightning lasting 3-4 seconds). I have seen 2 other good size ones but not nearly the same size.

You guys ever see things like that or maybe even stranger things you can't explain?

It's a bird, It's a plane, no wait, it's a bedliner out of a pickup truck flying through the air!!!

[yoopr]

I've tried to take photos of Northern Lights but I think you need a pretty good camera with Time Delay shutter speed.

[Rokk]

Nightime run on 95 north through oregon, late night and then 5 fireballs in the sky, that just appear and then streak away. turned out they are fighter jets doing night maneuvers. and hitting afterburners. quite impresive show for a while in the night sky. was driving so couldnt get a picture. but its a memory that remains.

[yoopr]

Nightime run on 95 north through oregon, late night and then 5 fireballs in the sky, that just appear and then streak away. turned out they are fighter jets doing night maneuvers. and hitting afterburners. quite impresive show for a while in the night sky. was driving so couldnt get a picture. but its a memory that remains.

Are you SURE they were fighter Jets? :wink: :P

[Mr. Ford95]

Balls of Fire are real but I have not seen any. They usually happen so high in the air, they are basically just about outside Earth's reaches and are rarely seen. I have seen a Lightning ball of fire. That is absolutely freaky.

Saw the Space Shuttle one morning when it was coming in for a landing from my home in VA. Could just barely see it with the naked eye.

I once saw a Rainbow and found the end of it, but the dang green little troll had already stolen all the gold in the pot. It was cool though, I was standing at a jobsite with 2 other guys and got to noticing a rainbow, we started following it out of the sky and realized we were standing in it.