Astro-Porn of the Day: Most amazing meteor fireball EVER.

[mckitterick]

WOW! Just an hour or so ago, on my way home after class and picking up the last of the big donation to the Center, I saw a bright fireball transform over a period of a second or two into a streaming green streak across the sky. AMAZING! It went from bright white to vivid green, as if a lurid painter had broken open a lightbulb and painted phosphorescent pigment across the sky, which glowed for a few seconds afterward. It looked sort of like this, only more dramatic:



What a treat after a massively long day!

Somewhere east of Lawrence, Kansas, a pile of space-debris lay smoking in the dry soil.

Chris

Comments

i am so jealous!!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

i have spent some time star gazing, and have seen my share of lowly shooting stars...but never anything like what you describe here. I WANNA SEE ONE, TOO!!

Re: i am so jealous!!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

If you watch the skies on a regular basis, you'll get your chance. And it'll happen when you least expect it!