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Last night at about 6:15 pm, I noticed this super bright pink line in the sky. It was almost exactly N<->S. I’m in the Space Coast, Florida if that helps. I’ve never seen plane contrails look like this. Weird thing is that it almost looked like if the area in the center of the line was ionized, plasma-like. Unfortunately the camera didn’t pick up how vivid the line was. In another picture it almost seems like the line makes a 90 degree turn due east at the northern tip of it.

I thought maybe a meteor since there was that Taurid shower a few days but I don’t know if meteors fall N to S and if they ionize clouds like that. I don’t know if that actually is even ionization. We also have a lot of aerospace research companies here so who knows if it could be that?

Hoping someone can chime in with what it might be.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably a plane that disrupted the clouds and the sunset is reflecting off them different than the rest.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m gonna check out flight paths from yesterday to see if that’s the case. I’m real close to an airport so I wouldn’t doubt that to be the case. It’s more the color it was that threw me off.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's dead. The aliens took issue and doubled back.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not dead but my uh.. orifices are not ok.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

You signed the forms, you knew what you were agreeing to

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Been busy but I tried to search on my phone and all I could find was live flight tracking data. Hoping to check on my laptop later tonight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The evidence I'd add to that is it seems to start in the middle of a section of clouds, and then slowly change the width of the disturbed area. If the line makes that hard 90 degree turn that OP mentioned, it could be the final descent pattern of a plane landing at an airport.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not a meteorologist but definitely aliens. Don't get probed man.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not a meteorologist, but I do know a thing or two about plasma.

Plasma is very short lived. Think on the order of microseconds at atmospheric pressures. So unless there was a massive linear source of power along the whole length, this isn't plasma.

The visual effects probably have to do with the fact that the sun was very low. I'm guessing the particle size distribution in that line is notably different from the size of particles in the clouds surrounding it, leading to much stronger reflection of evening light.

I am curious as to the meteoroligical explanation for the line though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Makes sense about plasma being short lived. It was just so close to the color I imagine an aurora to be along with the glow. I mentioned in another comment but I’m gonna look at the flight paths near here at that time to see if something comes up.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My non-expert but I just read a book about clouds guess:

Those cirrus clouds are typically made of ice crystals. A plane disturbed them, leaving a contrail of water. Water refracts light differently than ice, seen more clearly at dusk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That would make total sense given the time of day. I hadn’t thought about the different make up of a cloud due to altitude.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All things serve the beam!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

See the Turtle! Ain't he keen!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

So disappointed that no meteorologist said: "a meteor probably".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Looks like a contrail from one or more airplanes near the same altitude of the clouds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It looks a little like a Skyfall.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

And it crumbles

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chemtrails!!! They’re turning the freakin’ frogs gay!!!!111

/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I sent a link to my local TV meteorologist. Will update if I hear back.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Athena sprung out of Zeus's head like a bad splitting headache. So, uh, the world is either gonna get a lot more wise or a lot more violent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Just looking around, my money is on violent

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

A rip in the multiverse. Source: trust me bro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chemtrails! Obviously

/s

Its obviously a crack in the space-time continuum. The universe have been watching our elections and was disappointed on November 5. This is an obvious sign of the end times. Now drown in fear, you mortal being.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Normally, i would assume both theories are jokes

But considering that the comment used "/s" to indicate ths first theory being a joke, but not for the second one, does that mean that a crack in time is more likely than chemtrails?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You know those "The earth isn't flat, its obviously a [Insert Shape Here]" jokes?

This is like that.

Now the joke is ruined.

🥲

You shall perish in the crack in space-time continuum.

Adava Kedavera!

[–] alphacyberranger 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey all, I saw news about starlink internet satellites making such trails in sky. Can't it be this? Nobody mentioned it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How? They orbit quite a lot higher than the highest clouds.

Highest clouds are like 70-90km. Starlink Sats are 500km+

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Right. Hadn't thought about that. Thanks.