Who cares about Starlink when....

[The Admiral]

.... you have to contend with these. When I looked out of the bedroom window this morning I was confronted with this mess (before it became completely overcast ). At least you can remove satellite trails.

Ian

[Stu]

Please, no daft comments about planes, lasers etc etc

I would agree that there did seem to be a lot of vapour trails around this morning. I counted around 12 when I left at 5am, all heading in the same direction.

[City9Town0]

Just image the Saltire after that! Thank goodness for King Angus there were no aeroplanes in 823 AD!

[powerlord]

20 minutes ago, Stu said:

Please, no daft comments about planes, lasers etc etc

I would agree that there did seem to be a lot of vapour trails around this morning. I counted around 12 when I left at 5am, all heading in the same direction.

sorry Stu 😶

[Carbon Brush]

I saw something similar this morning in Nottinghamshire. At least it doesn't happen every day/night.
The planes are there every day. It has to be the right (or wrong) weather to leave significant contrails.

 

[The Admiral]

Hmm, seems that I was not alone then.

1 hour ago, Carbon Brush said:

The planes are there every day. It has to be the right (or wrong) weather to leave significant contrails.

True, perhaps it's just one of those days. But when they do, their decaying residues just add to the murk we are trying to image through. Mind you, the weather itself is quite enough to contend with .

Ian

[Ouroboros]

There was at least one good thing about covid lock down ….. clear skies. 

[DaveS]

Can we persuade another Icelandic volcano to go Bang! and shut our airspace for a while?

[teoria_del_big_bang]

1 minute ago, DaveS said:

Can we persuade another Icelandic volcano to go Bang! and shut our airspace for a while?

That may not help our view of the skies much though 🙂 

Steve

[Shimrod]

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

Can we persuade another Icelandic volcano to go Bang! and shut our airspace for a while?

You may get your wish! from : https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2022/05/16/uncertainty_level_announced_yesterday_due_to_earthq/

 

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Strongest earthquake 4.3 M yesterday
Yesterday a series of earthquakes started around Eldvörp around 11:30 AM and at 14:17 PM  an earthquake at 4.2 M was felt on the Reykjanes peninsula and in Reykjavik, and at 17:38 PM another one that was 4.3 M, which was the strongest one yesterday. Altogether, there were four earthquakes above 3M yesterday, and thereof two above 4 M. The seismicity is located at a depth between 4 and 6 km. The aviation colour code has been elevated from green to yellow due to the increased seismic activity.

Halldór Geirsson, who is a geophysicist, says that land has risen around Svartsengi in the beginning of May but a lot ofseismic activity has been in the area most of the month.

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Geirsson says there are a few possible outcomes due to the seismic activity. "Some people think we are going into a period that could last for the next 2-300 years where there will be a lot of volcanic eruptions."