[meteorite-list] APOD: 2003 October 1 - A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales
From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:18 2004 Message-ID: <014e01c38838$bc9abef0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C387FE.0DBCDD30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable APOD: 2003 October 1 - A Daytime Fireball Over South WalesIs this real? = It looks real, but then the front end of the fireball looks fake. If it = happened, why havent we hard it all over the news being that it is in = the UK? Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andres Posada=20 To: Meteorite Mailing List=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 7:39 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] APOD: 2003 October 1 - A Daytime Fireball = Over South Wales http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Astronomy Picture of the Day=20 Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our = fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written = by a professional astronomer.=20 2003 October 1=20 =20 A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales=20 Credit & Copyright: Jon Burnett=20 Explanation: Jon Burnett, a teenager from South Wales, UK, was = photographing some friends skateboarding last week when the sky did = something very strange. High in the distance, a sofa-sized rock came = hurtling into the nearby atmosphere of planet Earth and disintegrated. = By diverting his camera, he was able to document this rare sky event and = capture one of the more spectacular meteor images yet recorded. Roughly = one minute later, he took another picture of the dispersing meteor = trial. Bright fireballs occur over someplace on Earth nearly every day. = A separate bolide, likely even more dramatic, struck India only a few = days ago.=20 Tomorrow's picture: the 1970s=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- < | Archive | Index | Search | Calendar | Glossary | Education | About = APOD | >=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC=20 & Michigan Tech. U. ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C387FE.0DBCDD30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>APOD: 2003 October 1 - A Daytime Fireball Over South = Wales</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=3D#000000 vLink=3D#7f0f9f aLink=3D#ff0000 link=3D#0000ff = bgColor=3D#f4f4ff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is this real? It looks real, but then = the front end=20 of the fireball looks fake. If it happened, why havent we hard it all = over the=20 news being that it is in the UK?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Daposadao_at_epm.net.co = href=3D"mailto:aposadao_at_epm.net.co">Andres=20 Posada</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite Mailing = List</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 01, = 2003 7:39=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] APOD: = 2003=20 October 1 - A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html">http://apod.gsfc.na= sa.gov/apod/ap031001.html</A><BR> <P> <HR> <P></P><!-- gsfc meta tags --> <META content=3D661 name=3Dorgcode> <META content=3DJay.P.Norris.1 name=3Drno> <META content=3DJerry.T.Bonnell.1 name=3Dcontent-owner> <META content=3DStephen.F.Fantasia.1 name=3Dwebmaster> <META=20 content=3D"A different astronomy and space science related = image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation."=20 name=3Ddescription><!-- --> <META content=3D"fireball, UK" name=3Dkeywords> <CENTER> <H1>Astronomy Picture of the Day </H1> <P><A href=3D"archivepix.html">Discover the cosmos!</A> Each day a = different=20 image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along = with a=20 brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.=20 <P>2003 October 1 <BR><A = href=3D"image/0310/fireball_burnett_big.jpg"><IMG=20 alt=3D"See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will = download the highest resolution version available."=20 src=3D"image/0310/fireball_burnett.jpg"></A> </CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER><B>A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales </B><BR><B>Credit &=20 Copyright: </B><A href=3D"mailto:Burnskatejon at aol.com">Jon = Burnett</A>=20 </CENTER> <P><B>Explanation: </B>Jon Burnett, a teenager from <A=20 href=3D"http://www.south-wales.org.uk/southwales/faqs.shtml">South = Wales</A>, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html">UK</A>= , was=20 photographing some friends <A=20 href=3D"http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/trick.html">skateboard= ing</A>=20 last week when the sky did something very strange. High in the distance, = a=20 sofa-sized rock came <A = href=3D"http://www.imo.net/fireball/">hurtling</A> into=20 the nearby atmosphere of planet Earth and disintegrated. By diverting = his=20 camera, he was able to <A=20 href=3D"http://www.imo.net/fireball/report.html">document</A> this <A=20 href=3D"ap010728.html">rare sky event</A> and capture one of the more = spectacular=20 meteor images yet recorded. Roughly one minute later, he took <A=20 href=3D"image/0310/fireball2_burnett_big.jpg">another picture</A> of the = dispersing meteor trial. <A href=3D"ap011119.html">Bright fireball</A>s = occur over=20 someplace on Earth nearly every day. A separate <A=20 href=3D"ap981125.html">bolide</A>, likely even more dramatic, <A=20 href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3149404.stm">struck = India</A>=20 only a few days ago.=20 <P> <CENTER><B>Tomorrow's picture: </B><A href=3D"ap031002.html">the = 1970s</A>=20 <P> <HR> <A href=3D"ap030930.html"><</A> | <A = href=3D"archivepix.html">Archive</A> | <A=20 href=3D"lib/aptree.html">Index</A> | <A=20 href=3D"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search">Search</A> = | <A=20 href=3D"calendar/allyears.html">Calendar</A> | <A=20 href=3D"lib/glossary.html">Glossary</A> | <A = href=3D"lib/edlinks.html">Education</A>=20 | <A href=3D"lib/about_apod.html">About APOD</A> | <A=20 href=3D"ap031002.html">></A>=20 <HR> <P><B>Authors & editors: </B><A=20 href=3D"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn.html">Robert = Nemiroff</A> (<A=20 href=3D"http://www.phy.mtu.edu/">MTU</A>) & <A=20 href=3D"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html">J= erry=20 Bonnell</A> (<A href=3D"http://www.usra.edu/">USRA</A>)<BR><A=20 href=3D"banner.html">NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and=20 Disclaimers</A><BR><B>NASA Official: </B>Jay Norris. <A=20 href=3D"lib/about_apod.html#srapply">Specific rights apply</A>.<BR><B>A = service=20 of:</B> <A href=3D"http://lhea.gsfc.nasa.gov/">LHEA</A> at <A=20 href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</A> / <A=20 href=3D"http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/">GSFC</A> <BR><B>&</B> <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mtu.edu/">Michigan Tech. = U.</A><BR></CENTER></P></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C387FE.0DBCDD30-- Received on Wed 01 Oct 2003 12:26:11 PM PDT |
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