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To: phoenix0468
While I've witnessed any number of metoer showers, I've never seen a big one up close and personal.

I heard on the news after the California meteor that it apparently woke people from sound sleep, and may have caused some electical disturbances as well.

Now that's interesting. One would suspect some sort of electrical disturbances from one of these things, particularly a big one, but I've not read enough about 'em to know if there's been any research. The static discharge as these things pass through the atmosphere must be tremendous, but what about when they get near the surface??? Lightning bolts??? There may be some interesting stuff out there; I just haven't taken the time to look for it.

Thanks for stopping by and the input.

139 posted on 07/25/2006 10:54:30 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: ForGod'sSake

No Problem. Actually, the electical disturbances wasn't caused by the meteor traveling through the atmosphere, it was caused when the meteor exploded near the surface. The explosion was tremendous, I mean I saw it from nearly 2000 miles away, and thought I heard a crackling sound soon after. It was bright red, and aparently fairly high in the atmosphere when it happened. The one in NM was a greenish color. I asked an astronomer at our local observatory and he told me the colors represented the types of metals in the meteor. Red being iron, I think, and green being either copper or magnesium.


146 posted on 07/26/2006 10:23:13 AM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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