It was towards the east. It was bright green and quick.
2007-05-10 05:22:14 · 6 answers · asked by dragonfly 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Was it in the North if so it might have been the Aurora Borealis.
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2007-05-10 05:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by Derek S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was it going to your right (i.e., to the south)?
Sounds like the right-side light of an airplane. Sometimes, with the Fresnel lenses, you get a concentration of light in a given direction. If you stand in that 'lobe' of light, it will appear much brighter than it should for some seconds, enough that you will see one light very bright, even though you may not see the plane itself nor the other lights of the plane.
A Fresnel lens is used on position lights (lighthouses, ships and planes) to keep most of the light in the horizontal plane so that it is not wasted in useless directions. A marine lighthouse does not need to be seen straight up.
Sometimes, if the plane is banking (turning), the light on one side is directed towards the ground (at an angle) and the other one is aimed towards the sky.
In this case, you saw a green light towards the east. If it were the right side of a plane, then the plane was going towards the south and could have been in the process of turning towards the west.
If not a plane, then I'll need more info.
2007-05-10 13:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
possibly the Aurora Borealis though not very lickely as that happens closer to the North Pole.
2007-05-10 13:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm. I've seen green lightning before. It's really cool!
Maybe you saw that!?
2007-05-10 13:07:55 · answer #4 · answered by Pumpkin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was the traffic light dude.. they go from green to yellow to red
2007-05-10 13:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was Shrek
2007-05-10 12:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋