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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 4, 2021 9:08:36 GMT
To be fair, very faint to the naked eye and needed the camera to pick it out. First time seeing it though for me!  |
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Post by mortified on Nov 4, 2021 9:14:00 GMT
Never seen it before either. And didn't think you could from Edinburgh. Nice one  |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 4, 2021 17:06:29 GMT
Never seen it before either. And didn't think you could from Edinburgh. Nice one Huge solar storm going on so visible even further South. |
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Post by jamielotustech on Nov 4, 2021 19:51:02 GMT
Lovely picture. Seen them several times but mostly further north, gutted I missed them last night. 
Is that Mossmorran we can see flaring or the transmitter at Burntisland?
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Post by gerh on Nov 4, 2021 20:18:27 GMT
Fabulous! [Btw, bottom right corner looks like a small wave breaking along a shore - that right?] 🤔 👍
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Post by jamielotustech on Nov 4, 2021 20:31:50 GMT
Aye, you are looking over the Forth estuary.
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Post by mortified on Nov 5, 2021 7:01:46 GMT
Lovely picture. Seen them several times but mostly further north, gutted I missed them last night.
Is that Mossmorran we can see flaring or the transmitter at Burntisland?
Good question actually. I assumed it was Burntisland but Mossmorran is a possibility. Depends where the photo was taken from I suppose. |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 5, 2021 9:24:42 GMT
Lovely picture. Seen them several times but mostly further north, gutted I missed them last night. Is that Mossmorran we can see flaring or the transmitter at Burntisland?
It's just the TV transmitter. Here's one with the flare going!  |
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Post by mortified on Nov 5, 2021 13:18:58 GMT
Lovely picture. Seen them several times but mostly further north, gutted I missed them last night. Is that Mossmorran we can see flaring or the transmitter at Burntisland?
It's just the TV transmitter. Here's one with the flare going!  Looks like Krakatoa Haven't seen the flaring in a while, although I appreciate it's been summer and maybe too light. They were also told to stop it  |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 5, 2021 14:13:08 GMT
It's just the TV transmitter. Here's one with the flare going! ![]() Looks like Krakatoa Haven't seen the flaring in a while, although I appreciate it's been summer and maybe too light. They were also told to stop it That was from last winter when they were really bad! |
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Post by gerh on Nov 5, 2021 18:31:26 GMT
what's the flare all about, lads?
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 5, 2021 18:50:27 GMT
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Post by gerh on Nov 5, 2021 18:54:49 GMT
Hmm. I've only one word...
Bastards.
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Post by mortified on Nov 6, 2021 8:19:49 GMT
I once passed Mossmorran on the way to (or was it out of?) Lochgelly. Donkeys ago. These plants really are an eyesore on the landscape. They also smell pretty awful at times. Detectable from miles away. There's another just up the Forth at Grangemouth. Huge place. But more petrochemical than Mossmorran I think. Although I'm no chemistry master  |
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Post by jamielotustech on Nov 6, 2021 9:04:30 GMT
And Cancer clusters in the villages downwind of it (That rarely gets mentioned). We get its reek when there is an easterly and it's utterly boggin, all doors and windows shut and stay indoors. Mossmingin.
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Looks like Krakatoa 
