Posted on 04/17/2019 6:02:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Despite burning up near the coast of southern New Jersey, the fireball was visible from hundreds of miles away. Many of the reports on the American Meteor Society’s (AMS) fireball event page came out of the Washington, D.C. area, but some said they spotted it as far south as South Carolina and as far north as Vermont.
The light for the meteor was so intense that the lightning detector on the GOES-16 weather satellite detected the fireball.
People reported that the fireball glowed blue and green in color, with one person even saying that an explosion could be heard as it blazed overhead.
The color a meteor glows as it burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere is related to its chemical composition. Different chemicals and elements will emit different colors.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
All the liberal heads exploded when they got a sneak peek of the Mueller report and found nothing they could scream at.
I always thought a green fireball was neat due to the color and brightness. Now I know it’s due to the magnesium. Cool.
I saw a meteor in broad daylight once. I guess it would have been pretty bright at night.
A farmer flicked his Bic in a cow pasture. Happens all the time.
Did the Weather Channel name it? If not, it didn’t happen.
If so, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE!!!
Bill and Hill’s server?????????
Too bad it didn’t impact DC dead center.
Antares rocket launch from Wallops Island?
Excuse me. That was tonight. My bad.
I thought a green one was nickel and a blue one was magnesium, but I’m no expert and have only seen a few examples with distinct coloration. The blue one was odd, from my vantage point it appeared to come straight down. UNC lost a big basketball game that night, so it led to some amusing comments about symbolizing Carolina’s basketball season.
Iv’e never seen a red one so I will keep an eye out for it. I don’t claim to be an expert either.
There is an opinion that supports what you said about nickel.
Why is a meteor Green?
A: The bright green color of some meteorites is caused by the internal combustion of metals as they pass through the upper atmosphere. Many asteroids are rich in nickel and have trace amounts of copper. Both metals burn green when sufficiently heated.
What causes a green shooting star? | Reference.com
www.reference.com/science/causes-green-shooting-star-fca8bec0eb3cb4b
I saw the first ever for me shooting star, just a few seconds worth.
This morning, I got to see two tractor trailers set to well done for a few seconds. I also got to sit on I95 for 3.5 hours.
My grand plan to zip to Raleigh for picking up the 12 year old GSD for cancer screening the day before really bombed.
I rolled from Columbia at 5AM figuring to be back by 1 or so. Somehow I made it back right at the 5. Very long day on the road.
2 fireballs caught on the night of 16th to 17th April 2019
YouTube Video of Fireballs over Germany and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic
Prayers up for your pup.
Just went through this with a Dobe’s toe.
They amputated her toe but two biopsies and they think they got it all.
Praying for similar news for your woof.
However, Carolina lost to Kentucky a few nights earlier. :-)
Ah, wrong side of the planet for me.
We got an inch of rain Tuesday. So, nope.
CC
Oh, cool! Love the little chem composition color chart. At first I thought those aren’t very intuitive colors. They seem off. Then I rummaged around here and dug out my dusty old thinking cap... A thing changes color as it gets hotter and hotter and a shooting star is as hot as it can get just before it “burns up.” I don’t often see things at that temperature, thus my unfamiliarity. Bah!, swattin’ it away... Stop thinking about things you’re not qualified to think about!
And I thought maybe it was rocketmans most recent toy.
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