(meteorobs) Meteor colours

[YoungBob2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/27/2005 10:57:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
epmajden at shaw.ca writes:

<< overed in previous messages on this form.
 You can check the archives.  The only way to see what is contributing to the
 colour is to record a spectrum and see which elements are present.  >>

Hi, Ed:

Also a factor is the response of the detector - the eye and our
vision system.  There has been some research that extremely
intense light sources are seen as green, after the chemical
reactions in the eye become saturated.  This might be why
some very  bright fireballs are that beautiful, intense green and
then turn reddish, as the intensity drops and the meteor "burns"
out.

Bob Young