Hot Air Balloon

[xnylady]

Has any one noticed the Hot air balloon southeast of LHC? It appears to be lighted up. Please respond if you know anything about it.

[rsq529-comcast-n et]

It was a sounding balloon, it just appeared bright because it was made out of plastic, most likely mylar. I took about 100 shots of it until it disappeared. It must have been high (Nikon D40 300 VR lens) full zoom and it still was about the size of a fly. When I zoom the shot on the computer it looked cool.

[xnylady]

rsq529-comcast-net wrote:

It was a sounding balloon, it just appeared bright because it was made out of plastic, most likely mylar. I took about 100 shots of it until it disappeared. It must have been high (Nikon D40 300 VR lens) full zoom and it still was about the size of a fly. When I zoom the shot on the computer it looked cool.

Thank you for the shout-out, I was notified last night,from Accuweather, that it was from NASA, checking Atmosphere results, I believe, but also indicated it was a GPS balloon.Did you say you have pics on-line? Can I see them? Thanks again, Marie

[wheelie5280]

I was afraid I was the only one who saw the balloon

[xnylady]

wheelie5280 wrote:

I was afraid I was the only one who saw the balloon

I am in LHC and a lot of us did see it until it got dark.

[voidndalaw]

Would of made great target practice!!!!