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Incredible Footage Shows a Perseid Meteor Exploding

Posted by Soulskill on from the when-speeding-rocks-attack dept.

Nancy_A writes "Photographer and digital artist Michael K. Chung said he couldn't believe what he saw when he was processing images he took for a timelapse of the Perseid meteor shower this week. It appears he captured a meteor explosion and the resulting expansion of a shock wave or debris ring. After this article was posted, Universe Today received more 'explody' footage from the Perseid meteor shower, which has been added to the article."

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  1. I know, right? by slashmydots · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Personally, I’ve never seen anything like this."
    Me neither! 32 different domains worth of javascript libraries on one site! This even stalled out my i5 for a bit. A site like this doesn't come around just any old time. Definitely an amazing spectacle.