(meteorobs) meteors in photos - start green then end red - color question

Thomas Ashcraft ashcraft at heliotown.com
Wed Dec 9 12:41:10 EST 2009


Often meteors in photographs start green and then end up being reddish 
or pink in color at termination.  I cite for example: Pierre Martin's 
beautiful Leonid photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13845235@N03/4116625652/sizes/o/


Is this true meteor coloration or is this a camera bias or artifact?

Thanks in advance for replies.

Thomas





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