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To: blam

Here is a satellite picture of a cloud that formed over Greenland after a meteor (asteroid) hit in 1997

 

GOES-8 visible image on 9 December 1997

The GOES-EAST visible image at 1445 UTC gives a nice view of a distinct high cloud over southern Greenland near local noon:

Image
corresponding coastline map:
Image
The "+" marks the reported impact point at 61.4N, 44.4W. Latitude and longitude lines are sketched at 2 degree intervals, based on the reported GOES earth-navigation. At this time, the navigated map's coastlines fall 3 pixels south and one pixel west of the observed coastlines, within the GOES earth-navigation error tolerances of 4 visible pixels.

Unfortunately, Greenland is too dark in December to provide visible images during the other GOES-8 observation times, such as 1145 and 1745 UTC.

GOES-8 infrared images on 9 December 1997

Fortunately, Greenland can be seen every three hours in the GOES-8 thermal infrared channel ("I04", or Imager channel 4 at 11 microns) with lower resolution:

Image GIF animation

Image coastline map ("+" marks impact point)

Image 0245 UTC (local midnight)

Image 0545 UTC

Image 0845 UTC (30 minutes after impact)

Image 1145 UTC

Image 1445 UTC (local noon)

Image 1745 UTC

Image 2045 UTC

Image 2345 UTC

A cold, high cloud appears over southeastern Greenland at 0845 UTC, 30 minutes after the reported impact, with faint hints of cloud formation along the center ridge of the southern Greenland ice cap at 0545 UTC.


48 posted on 10/05/2002 12:52:11 PM PDT by Lokibob
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To: Lokibob
That's neat, thanks.
69 posted on 10/05/2002 1:54:08 PM PDT by blam
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To: Lokibob
Fascinating stuff. What would have happened if that meteor had impacted a few miles south into the North Atlantic Ocean? Could something like that generate a tsunami that would effect the eastern seaboard?
122 posted on 10/05/2002 7:31:41 PM PDT by Godebert
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