Comet over Colorado ... Nah
I had a totally unexpected sighting of a comet. Date: Sept 10, 2007, Time: 7:20 PM, Place: SUN Microsystems office, Broomfield, Colorado. It had been a completely overcast and rainy day with clouds clearing somewhat towards the evening. I was working late mucking around with my FOX build and hsfs testing. After a while I went to the window and was watching a great sunset behind the Flatirons, Rocky Mountains. It was then that I noticed a long red streak in the sky moving towards the sunset.
Fortunately I had my digicam (Canon S3 IS) with me and took a video:
I could see this guy moving towards the sunset for about 9 minutes and it has 2 tails.
Correction: I was initially thinking this as a Comet, but how could it be missed by others if it's visible to the naked eye. The comment on my blog is right. This is a transcontinental airliner, since if you notice carefully the head of the thing is not glowing. The 2 streaks were the jet trails reddened by the setting sunlight.
A comet that spectacular could not have appeared out of the blue. Also comets do not move across the sky at a rate that is visually perceptible. It is much more likely that this is a transcontinental high flying airliner heading west.
Posted by Alastair Neil on September 11, 2007 at 08:26 AM PDT #
Yep, you are right. I was doubting it as well since the head was not glowing. Got fooled anyway :)
Posted by Moinak on September 11, 2007 at 08:55 AM PDT #