(meteorobs) YCS to Cloudbait

[Chris Peterson]

Not that I can think of. It would, however, be extremely unlikely for a 
fireball to make it below any normal cloud layer. It's pretty safe to 
assume the explosion was above the clouds (and those appear to be low 
clouds).

That's assuming it actually is a fireball. My impression of the light 
curve is that it doesn't seem quite right. I've actually caught events 
that looked almost exactly like yours, and they turned out to be 
helicopters- the spotlight crossing the camera triggers an event. You 
may indeed have caught a head-on fireball, but you shouldn't discount 
more prosaic explanations as well. It would be nice if another camera in 
your area had the same event.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


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From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) YCS to Cloudbait


> Chris, is there a way using the movie file to determine if a Bolide 
> explodes
> above or below the low cloud layer?
>
> Larry
> YCS