Simultaneous Iridium flares occurred up and down Minnesota on Friday, February 9, 2007, running from Albert Lea in the south to Hibbing in the north, and crossing pretty much right over my head. At my location, they reached maximum brightness at 7:23:34 PM, at an estimated magnitude -8. Both had an azimuth of 22°. Iridium 96 had an altitude/elevation of 41° while Iridium 59 was at 40°.
Unfortunately, it's highly likely that I didn't have the camera focused properly... I also probably had the aperture a bit wide, and I had to use the curves tool to darken the image to what you see there.
See this Twin Cities discussion or the Star Tribune article.
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RGB12 52 months ago | reply
Getting these shots isn't easy, and this one came out great. Excellent job.
Handolio 52 months ago | reply
Hello, I'm an admin for a group called More Than Living.
Thanks for publishing this picture using a CC license - we've used it on our website to illustrate one of our stories: Sleeping satellites - how's this for a wake up call?
If you'd like to add your pic to our stream of photos - or even to join our group, we'd love to have you.
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Fort Photo 23 months ago | reply
Got lucky and caught my third last night, will be putting it online shortly. I will have to pay attention to Heavens Above and plan a shoot when there is a chance for a double. This is amazingly cool, thanks for sharing.
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citocromo 23 months ago | reply
Wow, two simultaneous -8 flares. Nice photo, I'll take a look at exif. Congrats.