The pink glow. 21.10.08

A pink glow was photographed hovering over London by International Celebrity Photo Agency, Xposure Photos on the 21st October 2008 and promptly circulated through online and printed media, locally, nationally and internationally. I saw the image in a free newspaper on the train to work.



Much quoted in the press was a statement issued by a representative of The Met office.

"If you have very high cloud, as we did last night, you tend to get odd splodges of low cloud that will reflect the pink or sometimes orangey-pink lights of the city from all angles and stand out from the darkness of the sky. It can be truly spectacular to witness."
(From an article by Georgina Littlejohn, 21.10.08, Evening Standard)

This was the cause of much discussion, dispute and discrediting by readers of news websites and users of internet forums concerned with such ideas as the paranormal, conspiracies and digital art.