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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Meteor Wind over Tunisia
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 16 Aug, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout

Posted on 08/16/2022 4:12:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Does the Earth ever pass through a wind of meteors? Yes, and they are frequently visible as meteor showers. Almost all meteors are sand-sized debris that escaped from a Sun-orbiting comet or asteroid, debris that continues in an elongated orbit around the Sun. Circling the same Sun, our Earth can move through an orbiting debris stream, where it can appear, over time, as a meteor wind. The meteors that light up in Earth's atmosphere, however, are usually destroyed. Their streaks, though, can all be traced back to a single point on the sky called the radiant. The featured image composite was taken over two days in late July near the ancient Berber village Zriba El Alia in Tunisia, during the peak of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower. The radiant is to the right of the image. A few days ago our Earth experienced the peak of a more famous meteor wind -- the Perseids.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; deltaaquariids; makremlarnaout; meteors; meteorstorm; nasa; perseids; science; southdeltaaquariids; tunisia; zribaelalia
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1 posted on 08/16/2022 4:12:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 08/16/2022 4:13:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 08/16/2022 4:13:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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4 posted on 08/16/2022 4:15:23 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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COOL! It looks like a scene from a science fiction movie!


5 posted on 08/16/2022 4:28:32 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.


6 posted on 08/16/2022 4:51:31 PM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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I read that book and later saw the movie! DON’T LOOK AT THE METEORS!


7 posted on 08/16/2022 4:56:33 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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To: MtnClimber

We’re just passing through the tails of asteroid or comet debris. The earth comes swinging around, then crosses their orbit path, peppering us with ejected material or debris. Those objects don’t have atmospheres to protect them like earth has.


8 posted on 08/16/2022 4:59:41 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Nice!


9 posted on 08/16/2022 5:02:07 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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Wow!! Amazing!! no, not the picture, the fact that they are following the exact same path of multiple meteors!! just how can there be exactly 3 meteors in a row 8 times?? I’m truly amazed!! /s

They aint gettin any better mc...


10 posted on 08/16/2022 5:05:12 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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it would only make sense is if there were 3 different pics pulled from a vid milliseconds apart. only way. but the explanation doesnt say it.


11 posted on 08/16/2022 5:09:26 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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“Light your farts!” they were saying. “We’re outdoors and there’s nothing that can catch on fire around here!”

“You guys,” I said, “don’t you remember what happened last time?!”

“I’ll let you eat the rest of my bean’n’cheese sour cream burrito from Gordito’s,” someone said.

“Everybody stand back,” I said.


12 posted on 08/16/2022 5:12:42 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (Carol's been here. ~~ Sheriff Rick Grimes in TV version of "The Walking Dead")
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Really not that many for a two day shot during peak.

My question is how the guy got a spiral galaxy, seen at the 2 o’clock position of the pic.

13 posted on 08/16/2022 5:17:01 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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I think meteor showers will emanate out of one particular direction depending on the angle earth crosses paths with the debris field or tail of the object..


14 posted on 08/16/2022 5:24:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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generally the case, but as stated, the same exact trajectory 8 times from top, down to the rocks? lol... the only way this pic is possible is if they pulled multiple snapshots of a high speed video, catching still images of one meteor 3 times on its path.


15 posted on 08/16/2022 5:34:13 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: sit-rep

and then photoshopping the 3 images together...


16 posted on 08/16/2022 5:36:35 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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I wasn’t referring to how much the data was manipulated by whoever processed the image. I was referring to these objects, “Meteor Showers”, coming out of one particular direction in the sky. They even predict with great accuracy which direction before the event occurs.


17 posted on 08/16/2022 5:41:52 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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From the article...”The featured image composite was taken over two days in late July”.


18 posted on 08/16/2022 5:49:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Deaf Smith

That looks like Andromeda galaxy. Close and not hard to photograph. In some dark locations it is visible with the naked eye.


19 posted on 08/16/2022 5:50:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I wasn’t referring to how much the data was manipulated by whoever processed the image

I was...

20 posted on 08/16/2022 6:43:52 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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