Possibly to do with the blocked toilet Kevin ?????????????????? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Sounds like a ISS water dump, are was it something else. > On a different email list I am, someone posted the following. > > Last night (May 27th) Phil went out to watch the ISS on a pass beginning > 21:50 PDT. The maximum > elevation was 21:53:30 near Polaris (59 degrees). He was using binoculars > at about 7x. > > The pass was in twilight. The Sun was between 6 and 7 degrees down. Sky > conditions were clear > with average transparency and seeing, winds calm. > > As the ISS neared maximum elevation, a distinct "puff" of glowing material > was emitted. The cloud > was seen to trail the ISS for a few seconds, falling behind. Smaller > discharges (if that's what > they were) were observed for a few seconds after that. > > None of this would have been visible to the naked eye in his judgment. He > was unable to resolve > the ISS at this magnfication. > > Phil alerted me and we both watched the next pass together with > binoculars, observing nothing > unusual. Due to buildings, I could not follow ISS past zenith. > > Dan Collier > Vancouver Centre > > Sounds like a water dump, are was it something else. They have dumped > water before, during a test. > > http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2001/iss01-27.html > > Not aware of it, if they did dump water. > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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