Just saw an amazing sight.
Clear sky bright sunshine 19C 13.32 UT.
An alien invasion of 20 ships.
I saw an aircraft, probably a business jet, then noticed a horde of silver objects following it.
I thought that maybe they were drones.
I grabbed the Swift HR/5 8.5x44 and immediately saw that they were shiny balloons, mostly silver but a few red or black.
They were drifting westwards in a pack that looked like a star constellation.
They were quite high and had strings dangling from them.
What was surprising is that they kept station and were not drifting apart.
I managed to grab the Canon G15 and there are 16 in one image and then some close ups.
Luckily in focus as the clear sky gave nothing to focus on.
I have never seen such an unexpected sight before.
I often see balloons, but not something that looked like an alien invasion.
The balloons were high and I could not make out what they were without a binocular.
A binocular always to hand is useful.
12.50UT wind 100 degrees 6 knots visibility 20km sky clear 18C dewpoint 2C 1032 hPa.
Yesterday 20C the hottest winter month temperature since records began in the U.K.
B.
Clear sky bright sunshine 19C 13.32 UT.
An alien invasion of 20 ships.
I saw an aircraft, probably a business jet, then noticed a horde of silver objects following it.
I thought that maybe they were drones.
I grabbed the Swift HR/5 8.5x44 and immediately saw that they were shiny balloons, mostly silver but a few red or black.
They were drifting westwards in a pack that looked like a star constellation.
They were quite high and had strings dangling from them.
What was surprising is that they kept station and were not drifting apart.
I managed to grab the Canon G15 and there are 16 in one image and then some close ups.
Luckily in focus as the clear sky gave nothing to focus on.
I have never seen such an unexpected sight before.
I often see balloons, but not something that looked like an alien invasion.
The balloons were high and I could not make out what they were without a binocular.
A binocular always to hand is useful.
12.50UT wind 100 degrees 6 knots visibility 20km sky clear 18C dewpoint 2C 1032 hPa.
Yesterday 20C the hottest winter month temperature since records began in the U.K.
B.