(meteorobs) What atmospheric phenomenon is this?

[Alister]

Hi!

One possibility is that it is a nacreous cloud that barely formed then 
shredded itself in turbulence. Unless I'm mistaken Norway is a good place 
for nacreous clouds. Although I've never heard of nacreous clouds being 
turbulent, it doesn't seem like it is out of the question - after all, 
mountain waves can propagate quite high and break - perhaps this is one of 
those times.

Another possibility I will offer up is one of those mini-comets that was 
postulated a decade ago, but there seemed contradictory evidence as to their 
reality and the idea was mostly refuted.

It does seem strange that these were not seen with the unaided eye - at face 
value, they look no fainter than a faint noctilucent cloud display.

Well the wonder of a digital camera is that you should feel free to let the 
camera take a long series at 5 second intervals to see if you can catch 
more, nothing lost other than some wear on the shutter.

Good observing,
Alister.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "geir oye" <astrog2 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) What atmospheric phenomenon is this?


> Hello,
>
>  This is not an observation of a meteor, but an atmospheric phenomen.
>
>  What is this? I didn't see any clouds on the sky, but two cloud like 
> objects appeared on the pictures. On two sequenced pictures (10 seconds 
> between them). One showing a cloud, the other showing something looking 
> like an expanding cloud.
>
>  Pictures before and after shows no cloud/object in the same area.
>
>  Please, see my www site for more info: 
> http://www.geocities.com/astrog2/atmosphere.htm
>
>  Regards,
>  Geir Øye
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! Photos - Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover
> Photo Books. You design it and we'll bind it!
> ---
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs