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Natural phenomenon you have witnessed?

nw1

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One night recently (second half of Feb, I think?) I saw several orange lights appear to take off from north of Southampton on a W-E trajectory and then swing northward. They almost looked like they could be drones but couldn't be sure. They took off from perhaps the Nursling area, so not near the airport. There were several over around a 15 min period and would have been around 2130.

Any idea what these could be? Not Chinese lanterns, they looked too big, and they all seemed to make a northward turn at the same point.
 
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kristiang85

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I'm still coming to my senses after seeing the eclipse, absolutely amazing. I can't really describe what it was like, beyond totally surreal.
 

brad465

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The next total eclipse in the UK is not till 2090, although before then 2026 will be comparable to 2015 with ~90% obscured; totality will be in Spain, so the August school holidays will probably cost even more than usual for that area.
 

kristiang85

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Here's a couple of pics I took. Now been up for over 20 hours and still buzzing about it...
 

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Bald Rick

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Great pics.

The August ‘26 one clipse happens at sunset in Ibiza - two of the most magical things combining!
 

Peter Mugridge

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I saw yesterdays through a welding mask that the guys in maintenance lent me. Fabulous - about 95% totality.
Please be very careful doing that - welding glasses don't offer the same protection as certified eclipse glasses do. They don't filter out the infrared as much as eclipse glasses do.
 

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Great pictures.

Spain in August 2026 could be frustrating as cloud on the horizon at sunset could dampen the party! However a year later (2 August 2027) another solar eclipse crosses southern Spain much earlier in the day, skirts North Africa and finally ends at sunset in the Indian Ocean. Maybe a better chance to see the corona from Spain (and Europe)?
 

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