(meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

[Jim Gamble]

Wayne,
  Appears a lot of jet contrail debris is showing up in N Cal. Can the list 
assume that the moderator now agrees that this was a meteor...Just some light 
hearted fun :-) 


 
Sincerely,
Jim Gamble
El Paso Station
Sandia Allsky Camera
NAMN
http://elpasoallsky.blogspot.com





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From: Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net>
To: cheekygeek at gmail.com; Meteor science and meteor observing 
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Sent: Mon, April 23, 2012 6:58:06 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada


Not particularly. Looks like a jet contrail disappating.
 
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Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada
 

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:
Looks like a common jet contrail to me...

Would a series of three images change your opinion?
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120423/SPECIAL01/120423013/1459

Account: 
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120423/NEWS/304230031/1459/news?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed


This reminds me of the famous 1972 Tetons meteor which was captured skipping off 
the atmosphere by tourists filming. A still of the event, with people gawking at 
it in the foreground, was published in a Nat'l Geographic in the 80s and is 
still one of the most incredible images I've ever seen. That meteor was 
similarly south to north and exited the atmosphere somewhere around Edmonton, 
Canada. 
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