Satellite Flare
by Tommy Eliassen
Title
Satellite Flare
Artist
Tommy Eliassen
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Satellite flare. View of an Iridium satellite's flare in the night sky over a lake. Satellite flare is the phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces on satellites (such as antennas or solar panels) reflecting sunlight directly onto the Earth below and appearing as a brief bright 'flare'. With highly reflecting triple antennas, the Iridium communication satellites create the brightest flares in the night sky, some bright enough to illuminate night landscape for a short time. They create predictable and quickly moving illuminated spots of about 10 kilometres in diameter. This flashing has also been a problem for serious deep sky astronomical study, as the flares occasionally disturb observations. When not flaring, the satellites are often visible
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July 25th, 2016
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