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File this one under great photo, weird, and sunset while flying. Or is there more, and will this image make it into the X Files of UFO enthusiasts?
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) recently featured this red sky photo taken by airlines passenger Tyler Blessing. He snapped the picture as his flight came in for a landing in Minneapolis.
When landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 2002, just before his flight ascended above cloud level in the early evening, passenger Tyler Blessing saw and photographed "huge curved sheets of glowing light extending from cloud to ground." The glow appeared unlike other unusual lights more typically seen, including crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and the glory. A leading possibility, mentioned initially by the photographer, is that the light sheets are setting sunlight scattered off of falling rain. Alternatively, the phenomenon could just be a peculiar window reflection.... It might help to know that EXIF data indicates that the image was captured on 2002 September 23 at about 8:07 pm in the evening (local time), and that the camera was reported to be pointing north of west at that time. The oval on the ground, visible in the lower right of the above image, is Canterbury Downs race track.
What do you think this red sky is? If you'd like to see the full-sized image, check out APOD.
Image credit: Tyler Blessing via APOD
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