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As the photographer of the image in question, I am finding this forum discussion quite fascinating, and I hope it continues. Here is some additional information that might be useful. As RJN noted, the original caption of the image incorrectly stated that the plane was descending to land, but has be...

How about that: the red hue is the reflection of a flashig red light on the plane (although usually the strobe lights are white……but who knows??), and the 'reflection on the lake surface' might be a part of the cloud mass….. boxer8545 Berlin,GER Boxer, I tend to agree with you (please see my earlie...

Some pretty interesting guesses.... But I do have a question re: these types of images - that is the type of image that gets APOD readers throwing guesses out there as to causes for things seen in images. Is there ever a definite answer/follow up to the questions posed by these images? I know there...

If the time and date are correct, the sun has set already (even though the time is daylight time, not standard time). The reddish look on the lake is not from the sun (at least not directly). The sun, if it had not actually set, would be in the west at this time of the year. The lake is northwest o...

If the time and date are correct, the sun has set already (even though the time is daylight time, not standard time). The reddish look on the lake is not from the sun (at least not directly). The sun, if it had not actually set, would be in the west at this time of the year. The lake is northwest or...