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Meteorite 'photographed' hitting Earth
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| November 24, 2004
| Nigel Adlam
Posted on 11/25/2004 5:03:25 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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I honestly cannot discern the trail. Thomas Jefferson is famously quoted as saying he could sooner believe that a couple of Yankee professors lied than he could believe that rocks fell from the sky. Could have been an electrical fault in the light stanchion.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:06:27 AM PST
by
BlessedBeGod
(George W. Bush -- The Terror of the Terrorists)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
There was an earlier thread on this story with better quality photos in which the trail was visible (barely).
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:06:55 AM PST
by
Godebert
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
so where's the meteor? That big circle on the right? Kewl.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:08:28 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
To: BlessedBeGod
Thanks, I searched on the exact title and didn't find anything.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:11:12 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:11:58 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
No. Odds against a plane hitting a meteor are about a gallizion to 0. How many aircraft on the ground have ever been hit a meteor? My guess (based on location) was an uninstrumented aircraft from "South of the Border" bringing migrants and recreational pharmaceuticals.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:20:35 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
From now on, I'll be watching out for candy-striped, pointy lines in the sky.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:22:37 AM PST
by
Kerfuffle
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Not altered? Funny, none of my photos have ever had a big circle and an arrow shooting out of the sky.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:26:32 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
To: BlessedBeGod
Aw, someone's been lighting farts again.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:30:14 AM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(Reality is for people who can't handle Free Republic.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"If this is true, it's one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken," astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said yesterday.No, the most remarkable picture ever taken was the one of Tara Reid's "wardrobe malfunction".
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:37:25 AM PST
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: BlessedBeGod
Actually the trail is quite easy to see in the photograph...
To: muffaletaman
To: muffaletaman
Post #2 has a link to a better picture.
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:39:47 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Here is my Photoshop enhanced version. You can see the trail going from the upper left corner down towards the image of the sun.
To: InterceptPoint
Interesting. The trail seems to disappear behind the horizon, it doesn't appear in front of the water. It does not quite line up with the "flash" either (try a ruler.) Could simply be a contrail in the distance and glint of the setting sun on the water.
I could sooner believe...
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posted on
11/25/2004 5:55:34 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
.....than he could believe that rocks fell from the sky. This was before the evaporation/condensation cycle of rocks was well known.
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posted on
11/25/2004 6:25:13 AM PST
by
OSHA
(Anything not forbidden is mandatory.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Hey I've managed to snap a photo of a basselope .....
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posted on
11/25/2004 6:56:06 AM PST
by
festus
(Old growth timbers make the best campfires....)
To: OSHA
Henny Penny was right! Everybody duck!
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I'd like to know what kind of camera they used. It would seem to me that the "meteorite" would be a long blur given the incredible speed that it likely was moving at.
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posted on
11/25/2004 7:00:41 AM PST
by
Fruitbat
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