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'Flying Banana' traveling 125 mph fires laser into sky and catches aurora hunters off guard (video)

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A strange blue laser sliced through the skies over the Oxfordshire , England countryside in May .

Astrophotographer Mary McIntyre captured the eerie spectacle on her remote aurora-hunting cameras.

McIntyre 's husband shared the footage from May 1 with a friend in the astronomy community.

The culprit for the blue light show is a specialized train that records track condition information using lasers at speeds of up to 125 mph .

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