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Green fireball over Alaska

Can you tell me more about the length of the fireball and the likelihood of
recoverable meteorites?  Anything specific, or just a general rule?

Saw an 8-10 second fireball myself in October, from my hot tub.  It was low
and long with a gorgeous tail and a BRIGHT teal blueish green....sigh.  The
way I figure it, this one's at the bottom of Cook Inlet.  Doesn't it just
kill you to think of all those poor meteorites rusting away in the cold and
dark......  : (  At least they give us a good show before they take the
plunge!

Jeannie Devon
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Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in 
doing good to their fellow creatures.
     -Cicero

> I noticed the postings about the abundance of green firballs on the
> list. Well, I just returned lat evening from Panama where I had the
> fortune to have seen the largest and most beautifull fireball of my life
> (and it was GREEN!). Me and my wife were camping on the beach in Punto
> Chame, Panama on May 22 and around midnight while looking out into the
> Pacific towards South America, I saw a brilliant fireball come in. It
> was incredible, VERY GREEN for the entire duration (aroiund 10 seconds).
> The fireball was travelling south and fragmented into many many pieces
> at a high altitude and continued to fall. The very long duration leads
> me to believe it certainly may have dropped meteorites but they
> unfortunately would be most likely deep in the Pacific right now or
> maybe Ecuador or Peru.
>     On the Monohans topic, I would have paid several thousand dollars on
> the spot and I did offer to buy them but was told by the police chief
> that they WERE NOT FOR SALE.
> 
> Mike Farmer
> http://www.concentric.net/~farmerm