Fancy-ass sky update
Well, the folks at CBS 3 say last night’s fancy sky event was definitely not an aurora, nor was it a freaky meteor shower. They claim it was a virga.
I’d never heard of a virga before, but, well, these guys are paid to know what the sky’s up to, so I’m willing to believe it.
It was really awesome, either way.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
6abc.com had a similar story - but I don’t remember them calling it a virga.
I did not see this phenomenon though - but that is probably due to the fact that I live out in the country. the amish generally don’t have bright lights spotting their farms.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I thought it was the light of the moon that was making it brighter, not the incidental light. But you might’ve just been to far south to see it. It was definitely southeast of us.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Or you might’ve been smart enough to not be standing around outside in the cold
November 25th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I’m a little disturbed that they called those “horizontal” clouds… looks pretty vertical to me. hehe