\ \ OCEAN turns ORANGE + pictures Last night over the Pacific Ocean, somewhere South of the Russian peninsula Kamchatka I experienced the creepiest thing so far in my flying career. After about 5 hours in flight we left Japan long time behind US and were cruising at a comfortable, 34,000 ft with about 4.5 hours to go towards Alaska. We heard via the radio about earthquakes in Iceland, Chile and San Francisco, and since there were a few volcanos on our route that might or might not be going off during our flight, we double checked with dispatch if there what any new activity on our route after we departed from Hong Kong. Then, very far in the distance ahead of US, just over the horizon on intense lightflash shot up from the ground. It first like a lightning bolt, but way more intense and directed vertically up into the air. I have never Lakes anything like this, and there were no flashes before or after this single explosion of light. Since there were no thunderstorms on our route or weather radar, we kept a close lookout for possible storms that might be hiding from our radar and might cause some problems later on. pbase/flying_dutchman/pacific_eruption
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:49:16 +0000
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