From this website... http://www.astronomical.co.za/gallery.htm There is this... ********** It's hard to imagine anything like this happening above South Africa without Greg Roberts observing it from his station in Western Cape.. Greg writes: It was a most spectacular event - took me completely by suprise as the fuel dump was scheduled to take place later over Europe when they boosted the Centaur rocket to heliocentric orbit. What we saw here in SA beats anything Ive seen so far from Europe - the rocket appeared to be "puffing" and I guess this was propellent venting and then expanding in concentric rings around the rocket. ********** :-)) Derek www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Greg Roberts [mailto:grr@telkomsa.net] Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:42 PM To: SeeSat-D@satobs.org Subject: Venting from DMSP F18 18 October 2009 Hi all If anyone interested here are some reports/photographs of the spectacular event as seen from South Africa. http://www.psychohistorian.org/astronomy/news/2009/20091018-rocket-fuel-ufo. php Best wishes Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.27/2452 - Release Date: 10/24/09 14:31:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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