Huge fireball meteor [10/15/2020] over Alaska triggers volcano warning system 360 miles away.

The Washington Newsday ^ | November 15, 2020 | Jonathan Edwards on

[BenLurkin]

Scientists from the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory worked with researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute to investigate the cause. They found the meteor over Alaska about 40 miles from the Athabaskan community of Kaltag, which is located on the Yukon River.

In a blog post for the American Geophysical Union, UAF science journalist Ned Rozell said witnesses had reported the fireball in regions hundreds of miles apart. One resident of Ruby described it as a “huge ball of light in the sky” moving from north to south. Another resident said it looked like “fireworks” that split into four points.

David Fee, head of the infrasonic program at UAF’s Geophysical Institute and a researcher at AVO, said he believed the meteor exploded somewhere east of Kaltag. “I don’t usually work on meteorites, but they are often really nice infrasound sources to better understand the performance of our networks, and I think they provide valuable information about meteorites and bolides themselves,” he said.

[EEGator]

Was this penned by the Senator or the psychic?...

Thanks for the link.
There’s some cool bolides on YouTube.

[eartick]

We are supposed to be in some type of meteor storm the last couple of days.

OR

Was this a strike against a life ending asstroid Biden approaching Earth and PDJT saves us AGAIN.

[vis a vis]

No video?

[BenLurkin]

I’ll look.

But could be that Kaltag, Alaska doesn’t have any security cameras.

[vis a vis]

Thanks, I looked around but did not find anything. But I am not properly caffeinated yet. 8-)

[Hatteras]

"We are supposed to be in some type of meteor storm the last couple of days."

Leonids. Saw a very meteor two nights ago. Something I would categorize as just south of a "fireball" in size but it stretched across a quarter of the sky (SE to NW)

[Vermont Lt]

I think we are in the Leonid meteor shower time frame.

[PIF]

Saw a huge one also under similar no-light conditions decades ago - very scary almost feels like you are witnessing someone’s death.

You really haven’t seen a very big meteor until you see an exploded one under no-light conditions. Its not just a light streak its sort of like fireworks and burning paper in a campfire that goes on for a long time.

[EEGator]

I’ve never seen one in person, but would love to. (I think...)

I don’t know if it’s the camera lenses, but it looks like part of the burn is white hot, like when you burn a magnesium tab.

I saw a night Space Shuttle launch, that was impressive.

[Pocketdoor]

Where were you located? I’m in fresno and saw a similar one. I would have guessed half the sky. Came from the NE heading to the west.

[Hatteras]

I am in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (central...ish NC)

[Balding_Eagle]

It was the Kracken.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 11/21/2020, thanks BenLurkin.

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