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Fireball caught on video in Alabama, Georgia
wvtm ^
| 08/18/2018
Posted on 08/18/2018 9:36:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says numerous people saw a very bright streak early Friday. A statement and video posted on Facebook says an analysis shows the meteor was first seen at an altitude of about 58 miles (93 kilometers) above rural Turkeytown, which is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Birmingham.
The office estimates a small asteroid about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter then broke apart about 18 miles (29 kilometers) above the town of Oak Grove. It was at least 40 times as bright as the full moon at one point.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: alabama; astronomy; birmingham; catastrophism; georgia; goodnessgracious; oakgrove; science; turkeytown; xl5
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To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2018 12:58:10 AM PDT
by
Bullish
(My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
To: BenLurkin
The office estimates a small asteroid about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter then broke apart about 18 miles (29 kilometers) above the town of Oak Grove. Wait a minute...
A meteor turned into an asteroid?
-PJ
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posted on
08/19/2018 1:10:04 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: Political Junkie Too
Started out as an Astre (the thing had some momentum).
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2018 1:30:47 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: dfwgator
Dang, you beat me to it. I was just about to post the video.
Heck, the song ( and the album) are so great that I’ll post it anyway.
https://youtu.be/NLWx7lSZw-c
While on the topic of Deep Purple, I want to wish Ian Gillan a Happy Birthday today. 73 years young.
To: Steely Tom
Thanks for the vid links! “moving west of north at 53,700 miles per hour”
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posted on
08/19/2018 1:48:34 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Uh, Extremely, your gross Ultra Liberalness is leaking. Your might want to head to the nearest bathroom facility and change it. Or you could just go ahead and admit to being an Ultra Liberal with a very large grudge (over compensating for other much smaller areas, I would estimate) against the average person. You, sir/ma’am, despite anything you may say, are surely a Democrat Lurker.
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posted on
08/19/2018 2:04:15 AM PDT
by
Notthereyet
(Notthereyet)
To: Political Junkie Too
A meteor turned into an asteroid? It started as an asteroid and became a meteor when it entered the atmosphere.
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posted on
08/19/2018 3:40:52 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Jeff Chandler
Actual photo of Jeff Chandler...
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posted on
08/19/2018 4:15:14 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
And the guy who invented the banjo said, “Look Paw, it makes real purty music.” And the Paw said, “Stop that nonsense son and get on with yer chores.”
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posted on
08/19/2018 4:47:03 AM PDT
by
trebb
(So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
haven’t heard the tally Wacker one in a long time. LOL
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
haven’t heard the tally Wacker one in a long time. LOL
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
That’s......really funny, I think you hit just about every northeast liberal stereotype about the south there is.
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:15:06 AM PDT
by
suthener
(Et)
To: carmen2017
We know, we heard you the first time......
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:15:43 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
It sounded like a freight train!
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:19:54 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people)
To: Nifster
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:29:17 AM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: abb
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:51:58 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: BenLurkin
This is Les Nesman for WKRP news reporting LIVE from Turkeytown and I can see the first of the turkeys coming into view now.....
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:55:59 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
To: BenLurkin
Look up, “Catfish Cooley and Carolina Reapers with a fifth of Fireball,” on YouTube.
Hilarious!!
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posted on
08/19/2018 5:58:25 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(They all get down, and arm up. Ready to take down tyrrany. The magnificient Seven.)
To: dfwgator
I was waiting for that...funny, I’ve been listening to that album all week.
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