Did you see it? Fireball burns bright in skies over mid-Atlantic Tuesday night

accuweather ^ | 04/17/2019 | Brian Lada

[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.

[RegulatorCountry]

Were you going over to NC State Veterinary Hospital or to Veterinary Specialists in Cary? I took my Lab to Cary, they were very good with him. Diagnosis wasn’t good and neither was prognosis but they helped keep him happy as a clam and comfortable for over a year past the most optimistic prognosis. We went with palliative for quality of life, with some radiation to reduce the tumor size. He lived to the grand old age of 15, long life for a big male Lab.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

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[wally_bert]

NC State and I was very impressed with the place and the staff people I met.

A really clean facility and area.

The GSD is going back for radiation next week. Cancer in the nasal cavity.

[wally_bert]

Thank you.

Other than snorting, snoring, and some discharge the dog is in great condition for 12 years old. Terra is family.

[mmercier0921]

A rather large one shot over northern Massachusetts last night. Left a smoke trail, but went north west. 8:45 pm EST. I should have photographed the trail... but I am slow with the phone camera.