Massive shockwave caught by DISH Earth cam

I posted this a little while ago on another thread but figured it would be rude to hijack someone else's post space. This image flashed on DISH Earth at the time it says on screen. That particular channel only updates a pic every 15 seconds so I have no idea where this thing originated or what caused it but it looks like a massive shockwave.
Let me know what you think.
In case youwant to find the footage it was on DISH Earth 2 / 20 / 2011 02 ' 45 or 12: 02 am.

reply to post by CableKing


Whats DISH Earth ?
And where is this picture taken ?

Back in December I was watching Dish Earth and on two separate days and both within a few days of each other. I noticed that lil dots, would travel across the screen... from one side to the other...this would happen just as the image became clear... and around 9am-ish ...I just become aware of dish Earth a few days prior... I asked my cousin, whom acquanted me with the channel... if he has seen anything of the like... he said no, never...

So it was kinda odd to me...

As far as that picture you shared... i dont know much about it... i never watch it at night... looks strange enough don't it? hopefully some experts will come along and enlighten us both

reply to post by Vandalour


Dish Earth is channel 287 on DISH Network satellite TV subscribers...

The picture is supposedly take by one of their satellites at 20,000 miles from Earth... its continuous picture updates 24/7 365 days a year... a night the image is funky to say the least

hope that helps...

reply to post by EvolEric


That helps, thx for info

Anyway to watch that channel online would be nice

reply to post by Vandalour


DISH Earth is channel 287 on dish network. I'm pretty sure it is the only live unaltered feed from a camera observing Earth.
I took the pic from my couch a little while ago. Thank God for DVR because I seriously doubt the network has archival footage available to the public.

interesting channel

wonder what that shock wave was?

reply to post by EvolEric


The colored spots are satellites. I have no idea what causes the night feed to be so funky but my assumption would be the tremendous amount of contrast. What caused this in the photo us beyond me. I didn't know space had the necessary components to create a visable shockwave. What is the wave we are seeing if it is in a vacuum?

very very cool

this one has a map overlay

so this is a fixed satellite?

and wtf is this? anyone seen this before?

in december there was a bright gamma flash visible for an moment ..sended out by a star 50.000 LY away...

www.dailymail.co.uk...

reply to post by berkeleygal


wow.. amazing
Thats cant be satelite, IIS or comet... the speed and size tell me that
il say ufo.. because thats what that is

reply to post by berkeleygal


That is actually the moon. Hard to beleive eh? I didn't realize how small it was!!

Edit to add: Oh,and it looks like that 'shockwave' is always there....

reply to post by westcoast


are you sure??

why then did she not keep showing it as it came around again?

hmmm

reply to post by westcoast


I watch this channel all the time and understand that a dimple is always visible on the night feed. This was different.

reply to post by berkeleygal


Twelve hours or so later?

this was the previous photo sent. Of you can't tell a difference between the 2 then there is nothing more that I can do.

reply to post by Phage


well sure, she recorded that on her DVR she could kept recording. I would have. So you think that was the Moon Phage?

reply to post by berkeleygal


Hmmm, that doesn't seem like the moon to me, I thought the moon was just a bit bigger than that, but also a lot further away. Seems to me like it would be pulled in to Earth if it were that close, but I could be wrong.

EDIT: Here is a picture that gives us an idea of the size of the moon:



And I'm not sure if this is to scale, but the distance is something more like what i would expect: