Weird Giant Spiral Seen in Sky over Norway

Cleo · 2009-12-09, 05:46 PM

It looks like Photoshop but it isn't.

I'm guessing it's a worm hole and we are getting invaded by aliens.

You can read more about it over here.

Ramster · 2009-12-09, 07:13 PM

Wow, that is odd.

Bill · 2009-12-09, 09:26 PM

dang it's purty. quite a sight.

consensus seems to be it was caused by a malfunctioning russian icbm test launched from a sub.

SheepGuy · 2009-12-09, 10:00 PM

Whatever it is it seems to be sucking up rebills.

Cleo · 2009-12-09, 10:07 PM

I say we welcome our new alien overlords by finding out what kind of porn they buy.

smutguy · 2009-12-10, 09:24 AM

very cool

eman · 2009-12-10, 09:52 AM

It was a dissolute Russian missile.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8406003.stm

ace_luffy · 2009-12-10, 11:02 AM

look great, relaxing pic

tickler · 2009-12-10, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eman

It was a dissolute Russian missile.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8406003.stm

I guess that sounds better than the normal weather balloon explanation.

Hey, isn't CERN starting to fire up their black hole/exotic particle stuff!

GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Pretty neat either way.

J-SiN · 2009-12-10, 01:25 PM

Okay, that freaked me out.

Bill · 2009-12-10, 07:04 PM

Russia essentially confirms this was the failure of the third stage of a bulava missle, high above the atmosphere.

http://io9.com/5422979/norway-light-...ays-scientist-[updated]

As for why the perfect spiral shape was created:
McDowell says the shape suggests the failure occurred well above the atmosphere. If it had occurred at lower altitudes, atmospheric drag would have caused the missile to fall quickly to Earth, creating a downward-pointing corkscrew pattern whose contrails would have been blown "this way and that" by wind, he told New Scientist.
The Bulava missile has three stages that fire in succession as it climbs up in altitude. "Probably what happened is that stages 1 and 2 did just fine and were discarded in turn, and then stage 3 started burning and almost immediately went wrong," McDowell says.
He says the third stage's nozzle, which directs the rocket's exhaust plume, may have fallen off or been punctured, causing the exhaust to come out sideways instead of out the back. "The sideways thrust sends the rocket into a spin, spewing flame as it goes," he says.
"If thrust was terminated right away, then you wouldn't see the spiral," he continues. "The unusual thing this time is that the missile was allowed to carry on firing for a bit after it went wrong."

UPDATE: Jonathan McDowell writes in to say:
The Russians did send out a 'notice to mariners' in advance warning of a rocket launch, and they have now (Dec 10) admitted that there was a launch of the Bulava and that the third stage failed. Hope that answers some of the comments on your page.

John-ACWM · 2009-12-11, 09:52 AM

So much for the mystery

yet who knows.

kickass · 2009-12-11, 12:57 PM

Pretty weird, I'd go with the russian missile theory.

bluemoney · 2009-12-11, 07:18 PM

Ask Stu . . . I think it's Stinkerklaus.

ace_luffy · 2009-12-12, 09:43 AM

wow amazing

terry · 2009-12-12, 11:18 AM

nice.

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2009-12-10, 09:52 AM	#7
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2009-12-10, 07:04 PM	#11
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Russia essentially confirms this was the failure of the third stage of a bulava missle, high above the atmosphere. http://io9.com/5422979/norway-light-...ays-scientist-[updated] As for why the perfect spiral shape was created: McDowell says the shape suggests the failure occurred well above the atmosphere. If it had occurred at lower altitudes, atmospheric drag would have caused the missile to fall quickly to Earth, creating a downward-pointing corkscrew pattern whose contrails would have been blown "this way and that" by wind, he told New Scientist. The Bulava missile has three stages that fire in succession as it climbs up in altitude. "Probably what happened is that stages 1 and 2 did just fine and were discarded in turn, and then stage 3 started burning and almost immediately went wrong," McDowell says. He says the third stage's nozzle, which directs the rocket's exhaust plume, may have fallen off or been punctured, causing the exhaust to come out sideways instead of out the back. "The sideways thrust sends the rocket into a spin, spewing flame as it goes," he says. "If thrust was terminated right away, then you wouldn't see the spiral," he continues. "The unusual thing this time is that the missile was allowed to carry on firing for a bit after it went wrong." UPDATE: Jonathan McDowell writes in to say: The Russians did send out a 'notice to mariners' in advance warning of a rocket launch, and they have now (Dec 10) admitted that there was a launch of the Bulava and that the third stage failed. Hope that answers some of the comments on your page.

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2009-12-11, 12:57 PM	#13
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