8 October 2004

Observing Location	In an airplane flying from Ottawa, ON, to Halifax, NS, Canada
Atmospheric Conditions	I am on the left side of the plane with a window seat and the sun is shining in the windows on the other side of the plane. It is mostly clear out with some scattered clouds.
Instruments	Naked-eye Observation
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target	Floaters
Time	8Oct04, 1101 EDT
Category
Comments	When I look out the window I see hundreds of white spots moving around. They look like little luminous dust specks moving around by Brownian motion. The movement seems to be totally random. It I were pressed for a dominant motion I wold say it is up. The effect is more pronounced when looking at the ground or sky than when looking at the wing right outside my window. I do not detect them at all when looking at anything inside the plane cabin, which is not as bright. I seem to see more of them when looking with my left eye than with my right and the most when using both eyes. I have a helix-shaped floater in one eye but I can't tell which one. And my vision isn't as sharp in my right eye either near or far.