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Fireball Over Wales

Posted by timothy on from the blame-the-cia dept.

nagora writes "After last weeks meteor strike on an Indian village, Astronomy Picture of the Day has a spectacular photo of a fireball over Wales. Come home to a real fire..."

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  1. Green fireball by ballpoint · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On a summer evening in the center of Belgium some five years ago my brother-in-law and I saw a very bright, green-glowing (slashdot color, but much brighter) object zooming overhead from the south to the east. We thought a crash was imminent; it was quite threatening even if it didn't make any noise.

    Unfortunately I haven't found any references to it anywhere. I'm pretty sure others must have seen it too.

    This Wales fireball seems even more impressive though.

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    Flourescent (adj): smelling like ground wheat.
  2. During the 2001 Leonids, by JeanPaulBob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I saw one meteor flash so brightly, a friend of mine saw his silhouette on the ground (he was adjusting the blanket he was sitting on at the time). The meteor left a debris trail visible for minutes afterward. A NASA image gallery has several pictures of the trail, including one animated sequence.