[meteorite-list] Los Angeles Meteor Creates Bright Light Across Southern California Sky

From: Jim Wooddell <jimwooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:05:17 -0700
Message-ID: <CAH_zgwEmwJWGNr6UjZUZLm3xBF+NBJrCqrG7EWC3WoFsznFa2g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Only one I could find is at 20130222_063035 utc off the Riverside, Ca
Sandia cam.

Jim


On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
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>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/la-meteor-fireball_n_2742509.html
>
> LA Meteor Creates Bright Light Across Southern California Sky,
> According To Witness Reports
> By Kathleen Miles
> The Huntington Post
> February 22, 2013
>
> Dozens of witnesses submitted accounts to the American Meteor Society
> that they saw what appeared to be a fireball, which is a very bright
> meteor, at about 10:30 p.m. The reports came in from across the LA area,
> including Alhambra, Anaheim, Burbank, Culver City, Garden Grove,
> La Crescenta, Pasadena and Ventura.
>
> "There was extreme detail of this fireball from my location," Leslie A.
> of La Crescenta reported to AMS. "I actually saw flames with a trail of
> glowing lime green attached to it. very large in size. We are up toward
> the mountains."
>
> One user on Instagram posted a photo, with the caption, "Truly feel lucky
> ti [SIC] have seen one of these tonight! #meteor #small #toclose [SIC]
> #scary #exciting!"
>
> Slavik L. of Los Angeles wrote, "The glowing long trail was with it the
> entire time it was in my vision. From overhea until it looked like it went
> into the Silver Lake Reservoir." He continued, "The glow of the fireball
> was very thick and then at the end very small trail. Everything was blue
> and white."
>
> The LA light show Thursday was particularly memorable for Micah P. of
> Glendale. "I've seen a few astronomical occurrences in my lifetime but
> nothing like this," he said. "I'm an amateur photographer and I was too
> shell shocked to grab my camera!! But I'll never forget it either!!!"
>
> The sightings come days after Bay Area residents witnessed a stunning
> fireball shoot across the sky, and Floridians witnessed a meteor shower.
> But by far the most spectacular was, also this month, a meteor that
> blazed across the western Siberian sky and exploded with the force of
> 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people.
>
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