Photos by MJ Klein
This evening I went up to the roof because evenings have been nice and cool recently. My jaw dropped when I saw the lights coming from the Taiwan Straight:
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This shot is facing west and except for a few kilometers of land in front of me, there is nothing there except the Taiwan Straight and eventually, China.
This isn’t the first time that I’ve seen strange light beams like this in Taiwan.
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I took the above 2 shots in June, 2004, in Taoyuan. I shot them out my window and I had removed the window glass to get an open view of the mountains. In this case, I’m facing West towards the center of Taiwan.
This is the second shot from this evening. Notice the very well developed beams to the left. Or should I say “shadows?” These went on for a considerable distance up into the sky.
Not sure what causes these beams (especially the ones from the East) but they sure look interesting!
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#1 Comment By Dennis On May 12, 2009 @ 21:23
look lovely though
#2 Comment By thenhbushman On May 13, 2009 @ 01:14
they do look good, don’t they, Dennis? thanks.
#3 Comment By Brunty On May 12, 2009 @ 23:18
It is a UFO MJ, or maybe god was in all his glory after getting out of the shower 🙂
Beautiful shots, love the ones from 2004, the mountains are pretty close to you. Must get cold there in winter. Do you get fogs there off the mountains?
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#4 Comment By thenhbushman On May 13, 2009 @ 01:10
hey Brunty, i was thinking that it looks like light shining between God’s fingers!
i don’t live in the same place as i did in 2004, but we’re still close to the mountains. we did get some mists coming down from them occasionally. the main problem in the wintertime is the humidity and the wind. it seems a lot colder than it really is. thanks Brunty.
#5 Comment By cfimages On May 13, 2009 @ 09:35
These are cool. I’ve got some shots from Nanliao, Hsinchu that show these same type lights.
#6 Comment By thenhbushman On May 13, 2009 @ 23:00
Craig, i would love to see your shots of those lights! what do you think causes them? Andre and i were discussing it and we think they are caused by clouds. but the Taoyuan lights are mysterious because they were from the East while the sun was setting.
#7 Comment By cfimages On May 14, 2009 @ 07:23
Here’s a couple of links. Hope you don’t hate link spam!
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Feel free to use the pics here if you want (or not).
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#8 Comment By thenhbushman On May 14, 2009 @ 20:12
Craig, i’m glad you posted those links – thanks! very cool shots! wonder if we should start up a Flickr group for beams?