Possible picture of a meterior strike

[HomeBrewerDude]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html


larger image:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ap.../strange_pryde_big.jpg

time series:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ap...gebefore_pryde_big.jpg
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ap.../strange_pryde_big.jpg
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ap...ngeafter_pryde_big.jpg


on-going discussion:
http://science.slashdot.org/sc.../1449223.shtml?tid=160

cheers and beers!

 

[Mayfriday0529]

interesting

edit: wait it actually hit that pole in the end?

 

[MrDudeMan]

um so what happened when it hit the ground. looks like a bunch of crap to me.

 

[Czar]

Flash Gordon ?

 

[SuRgEoN]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
um so what happened when it hit the ground. looks like a bunch of crap to me.

agree, looks like crap to me

 

[AdamSnow]

Repost

 

[olds]

The fact that there are no closeups of the pole or debris on the ground make me suspect, shens.

 

[BlueWeasel]

My monitor must be way too dark. I can't tell a thing and all the pictures basically look the same to me.

 

[amish]

photoshopped

 

[ironcrotch]

OMFG are you guys so blind, ITS A UFO!!!!

 

[FFactory0x]

ll these photo's are BS. Its prolly a meteor

 

[gururu]

unfortunately pictures are no longer worth a thousand words.

 

[FFactory0x]

Originally posted by: Czar
Flash Gordon ?

Dr. Hans Zarkov formally of NASA has no explanation for these strange occurances

 

[omnez]

weather balloon

 

[Mermaidman]

A meterior?! Unpossible!

 

[Bootprint]

I'd like the bug idea, with slower shutter speeds you can get strange thinks flying through the picture. example

 

[bunker]

What really happened....

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
I'd like the bug idea, with slower shutter speeds you can get strange thinks flying through the picture. example

Ever seen a bug fly in such a precisely straight line? I'd believe film artifact over bug.

 

[poopaskoopa]

I find it odd that a NASA site is encouraging discussion at Slashdot...

 

[radioouman]

I think that the street light tried to come on and blew.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I was in a Chalet this past weekend and we saw some of those that lit up the sky while we were in the hottub looking up at the stars. It was pretty amazing seeing the streaks in the sky.... Kind of scary too thinking that there are some that don't burn up in the atmosphere upon entry.

 

[MattCo]

Can someone host those photos? I cannot hit that address for some reason.

Thanks,
MC

 

[SWScorch]

very interesting. I don't think it's a bug as buhs are notoriously spastic and almost never fly in such a straight line, although the "flash" at the end does resemble a bug with outstretched wings. Does it say conclusvely why they don't think it's a meteor? It seems the most logical explanation to me.

Off topic a bit, I see that some people suggest the streak is a contrail shadow. Coincidentally, this explains a phenomona I was going to ask about: a few weeks ago, I looked up at the sky, and saw a contrail. However, the trail; faded in and out, and where it disappeared, there were black streaks. At first I thought it was exhaust or something from the plane's engines, but the plane was still visible, and the black streak extended in front of the plane! I was very puzzled by that and the fact that it was the contrail's shadow explains that now.

BTW, look at this pic of a contrail shadow. Hmm...