“Wisps of light” over Penrith
I think this is an interesting example of how difficult it can be to capture an unusual sight.
Last night we were driving north on the M6 (UK). The weather was somewhat foggy, with low cloud, around 10-12 degrees. From around 21:30 both me and my front seat passenger saw lights in the sky. They appeared to be above us and in front of us for around 10-12 minutes of our journey.
There was other traffic on the road travelling in both directions.
We rolled the windows down – we could still see it. We stopped on the hard shoulder (in case it was something on a vehicle ahead or behind us) – we could still see it. Feeling a bit stupid we carried on. No other cars had stopped or slowed to look at it. They carried on their way.
We filmed it on two iPhones simultaneously (through the car windshield ... Read even more
