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Meteor Falls From Sky And Crashes Into Indonesian Volcano, Watch Spectacular Video
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Posted on 05/30/2021 5:53:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Creating one of the most spectacular and surreal scenes in recent times, a blazing meteorite unexpectedly fell from the sky and crashed into Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano. The historical event occurred on May 27, when it was caught on a CCTV camera at Megadata facility in Kalitengah Kidul, Jogjakarta which is where the mountain is located. Luckily, at the same time, a local Indonesian identified as Gunarto Song was also taking photos of Mount Merapi volcano and caught the meteor in all its glory.

Speaking to Indonesian Media outlet Kumparan later, he said that he took the photos from a location in Batu Alien in the Kaliadem Cangkringan district last Thursday. Explaining his venture, he said that he was all prepped to capture the mountain amidst a backdrop of full moon when he saw the meteor crashing and clicked it. “Suddenly there was a bright ray of light as if falling from above onto the top of Merapi volcano,” Terming the whole event as “super bright and fast:, he aplained that he took at 4 seconds exposure when he shot it.


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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: astronomy; indonesia; meteor; meteors; science; volcano; volcanoes
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Hoax?
1 posted on 05/30/2021 5:53:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Million in one shot.


2 posted on 05/30/2021 5:56:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Definitely a three point shot.


3 posted on 05/30/2021 5:59:54 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

Didn’t see what the thumbnail shows. Looked like a lightning strike close by.


4 posted on 05/30/2021 6:00:06 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: BenLurkin

5 posted on 05/30/2021 6:03:18 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.)
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To: BenLurkin

The “meteorite” was actually one of the military’s UAPs.


6 posted on 05/30/2021 6:06:05 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: BenLurkin

If it had been big enough it could have reignited the volcano by blasting a hole deep enough to reach the lava below.


7 posted on 05/30/2021 6:06:32 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Yo-Yo

God does play golf...


8 posted on 05/30/2021 6:06:58 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s too up and down


9 posted on 05/30/2021 6:07:32 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave
Resupply ship entering the base inside the crater.

s/

10 posted on 05/30/2021 6:12:02 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chancesthat's for sure.)
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To: butlerweave

Depends on perspective...


11 posted on 05/30/2021 6:12:34 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: teeman8r

You Win!!


12 posted on 05/30/2021 6:12:36 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Was that a Titleist?


13 posted on 05/30/2021 6:15:36 PM PDT by Defiant (Worst traitor in American history: Penceadick Arnold)
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Hoax?

Yes. I could go into detail about angles of entry and the odds of going into the volcano but it would be boring.

It is a most amusing hoax. The vast majority of meteors are burned up in the very high atmosphere and do not make it to earth as a still glowing body. If they did it would make a hell of a bang we would have read about or if near suffered. Such meteor would be an exception in the extreme and to then fall into an active volcano where a camera man was set up to film all defies all odds.

This is an amusing hoax.

14 posted on 05/30/2021 6:20:04 PM PDT by cpdiii (Texan Coonass Cane Cutter Deckhand Roughneck Geologist Pilot Phamacist & much more education)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

where’s the smoke


15 posted on 05/30/2021 6:20:07 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Fore!


16 posted on 05/30/2021 6:21:29 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s just lined up with the volcano. If it had hit it, as the title implies, there would as also be visible ejecta from the impact.


17 posted on 05/30/2021 6:23:12 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: butlerweave

Maybe Rod of God.


18 posted on 05/30/2021 6:26:02 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: BenLurkin

Another lucky photo. A fellow was just testing his camera setup on this galaxy ( NGC 613) when a supernova blew up. You can see it near the bottom right.

19 posted on 05/30/2021 6:26:18 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: butlerweave

Closer to the equator.


20 posted on 05/30/2021 6:26:28 PM PDT by Tellurian (2/4/2004: DARPA Lifelog terminated, Facebook initiated.)
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