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Originally posted by ThInGS Ar3 NoT WHaT Th3y
Notice the way the cameraman blocks the sun, so you only see the corona. I have never seen that technique done before!!!
[edit on 29-1-2009 by ThInGS Ar3 NoT WHaT Th3y ]
hey thanks for the info
Originally posted by free_spirit
Originally posted by ThInGS Ar3 NoT WHaT Th3y
Notice the way the cameraman blocks the sun, so you only see the corona. I have never seen that technique done before!!!
[edit on 29-1-2009 by ThInGS Ar3 NoT WHaT Th3y ]
Actually it's a technique named Solar Obliteration developed I think by John Bro in
the 90's during the Rods phenomena boom. This technique has been used by others
as well through the years but the results are still controversial. You may do a search
on Solar Obliteration using Google, Yahoo etc.
Some links about this technique.
www.scire.com...
www.ufoarea.com...
www.metacafe.com...
Originally posted by free_spirit
Originally posted by ThInGS Ar3 NoT WHaT Th3y
Notice the way the cameraman blocks the sun, so you only see the corona. I have never seen that technique done before!!!
The cottonwood tree seed is the seed that stays in flight the longest. The tiny seed is surrounded by ultra-light, white fluff hairs that can carry it on the air for several days.
The fruit ripens until the pods, now dry, burst like popcorn, presenting their seeds for the wind to distribute. Nature has scheduled this part of the process to take place over several days for each tree, timed to coincide with the peak of spring runoff, or just after the peak
Originally posted by cluckerspud
Bugs perhaps!? I think this is a case of nothing more
than insects attracted to a light .
Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
Guys, It's not pollen. Pollen is fine dust. What we see in the footage is not fine dust! And since when do swarms of insects invade Cali?
It's seeds, as I said before, and Cottonwood looks the likely culprit:
The cottonwood tree seed is the seed that stays in flight the longest. The tiny seed is surrounded by ultra-light, white fluff hairs that can carry it on the air for several days.
Source: treeservice.com...
The fruit ripens until the pods, now dry, burst like popcorn, presenting their seeds for the wind to distribute. Nature has scheduled this part of the process to take place over several days for each tree, timed to coincide with the peak of spring runoff, or just after the peak
Did none of you bother looking at the youtube links I posted before? It's obvious that it's the same thing.
[edit on 30-1-2009 by C.H.U.D.]
Originally posted by Nightchild
You DID see that it was no wind, did you..? Doesn't seeds need wind to blow around...?
Originally posted by Ziltoid_the_Omniscient
I am thinking pollen or something. There was one object moving slowly, maybe ISS or some satellite?
Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
Originally posted by Nightchild
You DID see that it was no wind, did you..? Doesn't seeds need wind to blow around...?
Yes - there was no strong wind, and I could see that.
It only takes the slightest, almost imperceptible light breeze to make something as light as a Cottonwood seed fly. Even on seemingly still days there is still air movement. Did you see how small the actual seed itself was? These are not 'kites' that require a substantial breeze to fly.
www.gpnc.org...
Cottonwoods can be either male or female. It is the fluffy white seeds produced by the females during early summer that give the tree its name. [Cotton for clothing comes from the true cotton plant (Gossypium sp.), not the cottonwood tree.] The seeds are very small, 1mm wide by 4 mm long, which is quite remarkable considering that they can become one of the largest trees in North America, up to 100 ft. high with massive trunks over 5 ft. in diameter.
Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
Originally posted by Ziltoid_the_Omniscient
I am thinking pollen or something. There was one object moving slowly, maybe ISS or some satellite?
It's def insects. Look at about the 0:37 second mark where he starts to zoom in some more. Right after that 2 " bugs" come flying across and you can actually make out one opening it's wings. It's really fast and maybe somebody could take a snap shot of it ( i'm not sure how ) but yea almost 100% that it's bugs .
I'm usually not the debunker type either and I would love for it to be ufos but just trying to be logical.