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Re: (meteorobs) daytime fireball photographed in Wales, UK
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Cis Verbeeck wrote:
> I found pictures of a daylight fireball which occurred above
> Wales (UK) last week. You can find the pictures on
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasadot gov/apod/ap031001.html
Great images, but nowhere does it say that these are of a partially
sunlit *dust trail* left in the atmosphere behind the fireball, not the
fireball itself. I *assume* this was a fireball and not just a sunlit
aircraft contrail? Sunlit contrails are perhaps the most commonly
reported error in reporting fireballs, or comets from the general
public. As Cis says, pity the date and time aren't given.
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