bright lights in Turkey

Tasgirl


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 100

Message Posted:
31/05/2009 20:40

Anyone else see the bright lights on the Turkish coast line or have an idea as to what they are ?

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
31/05/2009 20:44

night clubs ???????????

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
31/05/2009 20:45

No but arent thay wonderful. Last night all our customers just stood looking. It was amazing to think your eye can see that far xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tasgirl


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 100

Message Posted:
31/05/2009 20:49

I would not be at all surprised if the bright lights from Guzelyali are visable from Turkey's coastline. the search light must be visable on the space station

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
31/05/2009 23:41

Hi Tasgirl,

The bright lights you can see,

is me and some mates out in our boat,

it's the only place we can get our dongles to work!

and catch breakfast

Navek

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 07:57

We are on the coast at Karsiyaka and were also wondering last night what the lights were - never seen them in that spot before..... and none of the other village lights we can normally see on a clear night were visible.



This morning, in the haze, we can just see two tugs so we're wondering if there's a platform or something being constructed? Anyone have any ideas?

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 09:41

My husband was out early with the dog this morning before sunrise and he said it's boats because he could make out the shape (he thought there were about 6) and one moved off whilst he was looking.

Tasgirl


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 100

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 09:52

Could be laying water pipes !!!, keep your eyes open for pink fluffy flying pigs

Aslan


Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 757

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 11:09

The bright lights that you can see north of Karsiyaka on the Turkish coastline are in fact the suns reflection bouncing of a large commercial agricultural green house that as far as I am aware grow strawberries and tropical flowers, there are only a few days each year when the sun sets in exactly the right location for its beams to hit the glass and reflect towards the TRNC coastline.



Thats got to be worth another star moderators and Izzet

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 13:04

Aslan the sun wasn't up and he could still see the lights and they were there late last night too.

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 15:30

I asked a local fisherman about this .......



The lights we could see most of the night were from a Turkish Tuna fleet. They pay a lot of TL (about 2m I believe) to the TRNC for a permit to fish a few nights of the year. The lights attract the fish and then they net them. The local fishermen haven't got the gear to catch tuna of this size. You can't actually see the Turkish coast from sea level, and even from 50m up the horizon is only 25 kms away. At Silver Rocks, from where we could clearly see the lights, the horizon is only 6kms away.



I'll get me coat.......