Fireball at Ayers Rock
Credit & Copyright: Joseph Brimacombe
Posted on 06/28/2008 5:37:30 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: A weekend trip for astrophotography in central Australia can result in gorgeous skyscapes. In this example recorded in March of 2006, the center of our Milky Way Galaxy rises over planet Earth's horizon and the large sandstone formation called Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock. After setting up two cameras to automatically image this celestial scene in a series of exposures, one through a wide-angle and the other through a telephoto lens, photographer Joseph Brimacombe briefly turned his back to set up other equipment. To his surprise, the ground around him suddenly lit up with the brilliant flash of a fireball meteor. To his delight, both cameras captured the bright meteor streak. Highlighted in the telephoto view (inset), the fireball trail shines through cloud banks, just left of Ayers Rock.
Very cool. Thanks so mush for posting these. They seem to help vis-a-vis: perspective.
I hope this isn't Obama's pal up to his 'old tricks' again!
"'I don’t regret setting bombs,' Ayers was quoted in the opening line of the Times profile; "I feel we didn’t do enough."
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, September 17, 2001
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=63512670-BF7C-42A0-B41D-5D0FB9E09C09
On a more serious note, that is an amazing picture. Just the shot of the southern Milky Way is nice enough, but to also have a fireball shooting through makes it really special. Thanks for posting.
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