Hi Robert, > Also, of great interest to me, several minutes after shuttle disappeared > there was a bright white cloud in the direction of where it had ascended. > this cloud was probably very high altitude as it remained very bright for a > good 20 minutes after the launch, and the sun was well below the horizon. > Went to church after launch and everyone was standing around looking at this > cloud wondering what it was. The cloud combined with the fiery red smoke > trail made quite an impressive sight. This was the Shuttle exhaust vapor trail, illuminated by sunlight. > I know there is a rare weather phenomenon of a high altitude cloud now and > then, so does anyone know whether this was something from the shuttle > or a weather thing. Almost certainly the Shuttle. The (natural) cloud phenomena that you refer to are noctilucent clouds. Cheers, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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