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Re: (meteorobs) Persistent meteor trains

Here in Edmonton we viewed a nacrous cloud created by the Yukon meteor on
Jan 18 2000. The cloud was seen about 10 hours after the meteor came in.
 The central condencation of this cloud was a similar shape to that in the
original photograph of the train.
Here is the e-mail I recieved alerting me to the cloud.
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Mike Hoskinson wrote at about 9 p.m. on Jan 18, 2000.

Driving out of the parking lot at the hospital tonight, at about 17:40 MST,
noticed a bright webwork of interwoven
strands of cloud in the south-west just near the horizon. There were some
(more or less) foreground clouds that were
the usual dark gray of that time of the evening. Sunset was 16:53 and the
sun was about 7 degrees below the horizon,
according to Guide.  The sky was a deep dark blue, a little brighter towards
the horizon.

The band was about 15 degrees across, and within 5 degrees or so of the
horizon.  Incredibly bright, considering the lateness of the hour, a silvery
radiance that far outshone the dying sky light and there was not even a hint
of red in the colour, such as you would expect from high clouds lit by the
setting sun.
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Not sure if this would rate as a persistent train
Larry Wood
W113.565   N53.558


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden@shawdot ca>
To: "meteorobs" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Persistent meteor trains


>     There has been some discussion about long duration persistent meteor
> trains on meteorobs.  Do a search with "google" for "persistent meteor
> trains".  A number of good postings are present along with photographs of
> such trains.  On rare occasions such trains have been observed for over
one
> hour.  It is very interesting to watch these, observing the distortion of
> the trains by high altitude atmospheric winds.
>
> Ed Majden
> Courtenay, B.C. Canada
>
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