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Meteor Spotted Yesterday Over Midwestern United States
the1337g33k writes "The National Weather Service is reporting that a fireball that many people witnessed last night is a meteor that entered the atmosphere last night around 10:10 pm Central Time. This meteor was spotted by many in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois."
that is the tune they are singing. ok, so it was a meteor that somehow, was able to lit up an entire horizon, but it didnt land anywhere, or caused any damage. and chanced up right over the city. ok. then what the fuck is this in seattle :
http://s959.photobucket.com/albums/ae77/seattleslew2010/20100415_0715P/
the video below was shot 30 minutes before 2008 Sichuan quake in china :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMTSDzU1Z4&feature=player_embedded#!
sky changing colors before quake in chile :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsDNcm6714&feature=player_embedded
the first images that have been captured today around seattle may be 'sun pillars' a phenomenon that appears right before a major seismic event.
such various colorful displays are not rare before seismic events. therefore, govt. may be bullshitting you to sleep.
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A meteor is the trail of light generated when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere.
A meteor can't enter the atmosphere, as it can't exist until it the meteoroid enters the atmosphere.
A meteorite is a meteoroid that has impacts the ground.
Man, this news article is completely irrelevant to my interests. Why doesn't slashdot cover something more interesting, like the Sburb beta release? It should have been sent out a couple of days ago, and there has to be somebody who's got it working by this point.