Could someone tell me what this object might be that is striking the surface of the moon?
Here is the video, I shot it a few weeks back.
mmmm. If that is indeed an object striking the moon it must be mountain sized. Ithink it;s a bird silhouette, cant explain the ejecta phenomena though.
I am certainly very sceptical. I'm surprised something that large hitting the moon has not cropped up somewhere else?
I rather think the "impact" is an optical illusion. The object in motion could be an aircraft or satellite that just catches the sun as it reaches the edge of the Moon's disc, giving the impression of a plume of ejecta. The apparent speed of travel, to me, suggests a satellite.
Well i think if it were an aircraft then it would'nt catch the sun just as it left the limb.And if it were a sattelite it would'nt be in silhouette.
You get this a lot in ornithological observation. A light coloured bird on a bright background shows as being very dark and small then it breaks onto a dark background where it appears to be very light and very large.
What I think this is is a bird flying toward the moon and the thinness of it's silhouette being bleached by the brightness of the moons face and then banking left where it becomes more visible. Breaking onto the dark background makes the colouration appear much brighter coupled with translucent feathers being backlit.
Well stuff me with something soft and fluffy .I was thinking along the very same lines.