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A strange-looking cloud i saw on December 2, 2021

It is more than a coincidence that exactly a year ago, I clicked a strange-looking cloud from the balcony of my Sakyong Chisopani JHS, and on the same date this year, from the same school premises, I clicked photographs of a moving object in the sky that is not a cloud or a fighter plane contrail.

My sky-gazing interest made me research what other sky events occurred that day/night across the globe, and interestingly, I came to know that on that night, across the north Indian states of India, including the state of Punjab, a strange-looking line of bright lights moving across the sky. The photograph of the bright lines did look similar to the ones I took the photographs on that day; the only thing was that the cloud-like image I saw moved like a cloud.

02.12.21: Photographed from Sakyong Chisopani JHS

Mysterious lights spotted in the sky in northern India leave many people puzzled.


Exactly a year later, I came across a shooting star-like object moving across the sky. It is a mere coincidence or revisiting event across the umbrella above us!

02.12.2022: Photographed from Sakyong Chisopani JHS


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