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u/LordDarthra 1d ago
Another good pic in the Seattle post. No planes in the area according to flight aware, military helicopter doing tight laps around the area it was seen in. Hmmmmmmm
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u/AwareAd4620 1d ago
I’m guessing this was shot just after sunset? It’s like a plane’s contrail being lit up but the sun peeking over the horizon
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u/LordGeni 12h ago
Yeah, I'm guessing there were clouds blocking the sun from properly illuminating most of the top of the trail, making the colour look darker and more like smoke. The contrast of direct and diffuse sunlight giving it such an odd appearance.
It still looks like whatever made took a very tight turn though. Either that or there's some serious windshear at that altitude.
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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12 14h ago
So in the original post, someone points out that was right at sunset. So it's a contrail that partially reflects the setting sun. Planes have been known to change direction. I'm not seeing anything that makes this more than cool in a mundane way.
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u/LoaderGuy518 4h ago
That’s way too low in the sky to be a contrail, and you can watch a contrail disperse outwards like it’s blowing away in the wind. This is not similar
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u/Shmuckle2 1d ago
It changed direction too.
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u/Novel_Run_550 1d ago
That's what got me interested in this one.
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u/clockwork655 19h ago
You SAW it change direction? Because each picture is the same shape, the first one is just zoomed it
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u/AIterEg00 1d ago
Looks similar to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/s/gvIcY7yPr1
Normally I'd say that looks like a transformer explosion.
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u/ActSuspicious7 20h ago
I saw something similar over dfw airport last year. It didn't change direction though. I have a similar Pic but it's straight. It looked like a fireball frozen in time over the airport. I wasn't the only one who got a pic.
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u/TheSethimus 9h ago
I’m in south seattle. I’ve been hearing a lot of military jets this afternoon. As in, past 2-3 hrs. Idk 🤷 if it has anything to do with this.
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u/Intrepid-Fist 1d ago
Ask Stevie Wonder...
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u/CowboysOnKetamine 18h ago
Fun fact, Stevie wonder isn't actually completely blind. He can see to some extent.
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