Meteor or Rocket Trail, Moon and Venus. Dec 27 2011, Orleans Bay WA

[colinmlegg]

Hi,

I was down Esperance way for the comet from the 26 -> 28th Dec. On the night of the 27th cloud was approaching from the west and threatening to scupper things, so rather than shoot the comet I decided to do a moon/venus/sunset timelapse over the ocean from Orleans Bay.

As luck would have it, in addition to the moon and venus, it appears I also captured the remnants of an exploding meteor or maybe a rocket trail? It stayed in view for a good 30 minutes and in the timelapse it appears higher than the cyrus and moving in the opposite direction.

Colin

[rogerg]

Nice shot! Smooth and great colours.

I received some google alerts about that event around then. People from the area reported it to BOM and the Perth Observatory. I didn't see a consensus on what it was, but obviously the suggestions were in line with what you said - rocket or meteor.

Roger.

[colinmlegg]

Thanks Roger. Lucky to be in the right spot with the cameras rolling. What google alerts are those?

[rogerg]

You can set up alerts with google for search phrases, so any new content indexed containing that phrase you will get an email telling you about it.

I have quite a few set up, the one which found this was a "Perth Observatory" as a local Esperance newspaper had interviewed the about the object.

Roger.

[colinmlegg]

Cheers. Just did some googling. It appears the reports of lights falling from the sky were around 6.20pm and I started shooting at 7.20. So whatever it was my shots were taken a good hour after the main show. Missed the light show myself... head down hiking the peak to get to the sunset spot.

[iceman]

Beautiful images, Colin!

[Troy]

Great images :thumbsup: