sarahm100 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Hello,Did anyone else see the wierd lights in the sky in the direction of Crystal Palace last night? Not sure how to describe it but there was something really bright lighting up the sky in flashes for quite a while at around 11pm. We really couldn't work out what it was so wondering if anyone knew? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Lightning, went along with the thunder. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :))How disappointing, when I saw the thread title I was hoping for aliens over East Dulwich :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Yeah man, it's pretty freakiy when the skies light up like that, and you hear these really loud bangs, which could be ships entering the atmosphere or something!They always seem to come on rainy nights, probaby so they get cloud cover. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :)):)):)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 To be fair to the OP, there weren't many bangs last night (well not associated with the lightning anyway :))), and those there were were quite faint :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 No, I think it was quite far away, and there was a lot of lightning, but I couldn't help myself. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I heard plenty of thunder.Either that or it was the kids running around upstairs when they should have been in bed. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 There was a lightening storm for about 2 hours last night, the only thunder was very distant rumbles that I could only hear as I was leaning out of my attic window watching it all.Was an amazing show, lots of forked ligtening too going from Crystal Palace over to Canary Wharf.There was no rain either so unless you were watcing the sky it may not have been obvious that it was a storm. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Had been very oppressive (spelling?) atmosphere all day, building up to storm :)Is it just me who finds the weather this summer very scary? I don't mean the lightning :-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Anyone else get soaked? I cant see many ppl out and about... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahm100 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Where I was there was no rain at all and absolutely no sound. The flashes were so bright and so frequent I didn't think it was lightning - I've never seen anything like it. I wasn't suggesting aliens but it did feel like the beginning of the War of the Worlds! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Colleagues from East London reported a big thunder and lightning storm last night. It was lightning. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 All theses lights and this still to come Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 In Sydenham it rained reasonably heavily, but not storm heavy. The bangs sounded very distant, and the lightning flashes seemed to be coming from all over the plave very frquently.I wasn't suggesting aliens but it did feel like the beginning of the War of the Worlds!I know, I was just messin :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahm100 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Thanks for that link Sean - I'll be out looking for the meteor shower for sure! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bon3yard Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Ah, so those fruitcakes The Railians were right...and there I was thinking it was merely an electrical storm. Where are you from Sarah that you've never before experienced this phenomenon? :) I was sucking back a frappercinolattelechemagnifico in Cafe Nero about an hour ago and my did the heavens open. Like a monsoon it was, and there was I in shorts and t-shirt admiring the mental weather from the saftey of my glass coffee house. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siduhe Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 The Telegraph has some good photos from as far away as Brighton. My other half was just outside London and said the lightning looked amazing across the rolling hills of Surrey...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/earth/2515652/Summer-lightning-over-southern-England.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I was in Woking last night we I drove through a pretty remarkable thunder and lightning display near Weybridge.Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 This chap caught some crackers (which I learnt of the wire commentary, means rednecks in the US) last night Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Blimey, impressive stuff. Can't believe I missed it all! :( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzyloz Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Superb! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 great photo, the rain this lunch time in ed was amazing. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-123998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Not a drop in Brixton. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-124002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 too bad honaloochie, the rain was great. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3942-lights-in-sky/#findComment-124003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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