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Brilliant Fireball Seen Over The Northeast Coast
Popular Science ^
| 5/17/2016
| Mary Beth Griggs
Posted on 05/17/2016 6:43:03 PM PDT by sparklite2
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In the early hours this morning, people that were awake and looking up at the sky in the northeastern United States and far eastern Canada were treated to a magnificent display as a meteorite burned up in the atmosphere, brightening the entire sky for a second as it went.
The American Meteor Society, which reported the event and compiled images and videos taken by night owls and people lucky enough to have dash cams or web cams pointing in the right direction at the right time.
(Excerpt) Read more at popsci.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; fireball; maine; meteor; portland
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To: sparklite2
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:44:45 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:47:46 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: sparklite2
Kewl. Glad it was recorded.
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:48:35 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: sparklite2
Apparently, I was asleep.
Anyone see this?
To: sparklite2
WOW! Wish I could have seen it.
To: sparklite2
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:49:27 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: sparklite2
That dash cam clip is almost a dupe of an experience I had in New Castle Pa in 1993 or 4, except the meteor I saw was green and about half as flashy bright .... but a bright, fast mover none the less
Fortunately, the paper reported it the next day because they DO happen in an instant and you're left with ... "What was THAT ?"
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:49:48 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true)
To: A CA Guy
You may wish to seek professional assistance.
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:51:32 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(This posting is a microaggression.)
To: sparklite2
Grover's Mills sure seems to get a lot of these things.
I hear they're now selling body pillows in the shape of bean pods off the back of stakebeds at remote intersections.
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:54:36 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: sparklite2
It’s just a matter of time until one of those makes it to the surface.
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:55:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
05/17/2016 6:55:37 PM PDT
by
mainestategop
(DonÂ’t Let Freedom Slip Away! After America , There is No Place to Go)
To: sparklite2
Saw one just like the one in gif above fly over my house back in the pre-internet era around 1989 or so, though it moved much slower than the one shown above. Heard a roaring sound as it went overhead. Read in the paper a few days later that crashed into the Pacific Ocean, though I live far from there.
To: knarf
My wife and I saw that one also. We were travelling east bound on the PA Turnpike. Green, fast moving, long tail, moving from South to North. Seemed like it was just above the treetops, but we had no depth perception. I read it came down in NY and they described it as a bromide comet. I’ll never forget it.
To: sparklite2
This light could have been caused by all the flying sparks emitting from 'finger twitchin' lesbian Rachel Maddow and --now out of the closet, lesbian Ellen Rattner.
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posted on
05/17/2016 7:00:17 PM PDT
by
Mr Apple
( COULTER discussing Hillary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
05/17/2016 7:00:44 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: Typelouder
SEE ?
I'm NOT crazy !
Thanx, Ty
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posted on
05/17/2016 7:01:36 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true)
To: Uncle Miltie
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posted on
05/17/2016 7:01:51 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: BenLurkin
![](http://i8.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/f6/85/b315_35.JPG)
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yep, just a matter of time.
To: Mr Apple
opps, correction:
...now out of the closet, lesbian Ellen Ratner.
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posted on
05/17/2016 7:06:38 PM PDT
by
Mr Apple
( COULTER discussing Hillary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
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