Meteors past and future

ronnie, honolulu, Hi — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:40:09 GMT

Venus rocks!!

Meteors past and future

Mike Jenzen, Springfield, VT — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:19:25 GMT

my daughter and I were out early Monday morning around 1 am in Northern new England when the longest meteor I had ever seen streaked across the sky from west to east. It easily covered more than half the sky and was lost to us when it was still burning when the tree line kept us from seeing it end. I have never seen anything like it in my life and was glad to have been able to share this with my daughter.

Meteors past and future

A. Ikehara — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:31:46 GMT

More pics of the heavens is much appreciated.

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S.G.Sea — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:56:57 GMT

'Strange-looking sky phenomena punctuate a picture
of the sun's rays breaking over the horizon in Hawaii.'

She's got a few strands of hair infront of her lens.

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Lawrence McDermott — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:14:24 GMT

I spent most of Monday AM watching the show from a pontoon boat on Lac Vieux Desert a boundary water in Wisconsin/U.P. Michigan. With the dark of the moon and no clouds we witnessed lots of "shooting stars"
One streaked across the sky from horizon to horizon and seemed to brighten and dim and brighten again as it moved across sky.
It was the brightest and longest tail I've ever seen on a meteor. It was awesome

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Kurt Badertscher Reno NV — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:45:48 GMT

Amazing how many people said they never saw anything .. I asked where did they go and they said "I sat in my backyard in Reno until 4am and never saw anything". On the other hand, my wife and I drove 20 miles east and used up every exclamatory and superlative phrase we knew .. saw a great show and made it back home to sleep by 2 am. Only pics we took are locked in our brains .. sorry!

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:16:48 GMT

Meteors? What meteors? I was sleeping!

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Lily, Reno NV — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:54:09 GMT

We live in the high desert about 25 miles northeast of Reno, NV. We saw some meteors Sunday night, but only a few truly spectacular ones between 9 pm and 11 pm. We had to work the next morning, so we were unable to stay up to see the peak of the shower - but we got a bonus at about 9:30pm with the International Space Station moving steadily and brightly from south to north with a couple of great meteors. We often go out to look at the ISS since we are blessed with little light pollution at our house. We find out when it will be visible from the website heavens-above.com

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JC, Fairbanks, AK (ex-VT) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:01:11 GMT

Excellent, Mike Jenzen of Springfield, VT! It was cloudy here, as usual for August, but there'll be a Lunar eclipse on the 28th of this month I hope you turn her to. Ever heard of "Stellafane" held in Vermont? Take her to *that* too!

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erin Oliver — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:38:22 GMT

Looking forward to viewing the Augrids tomorrow morning. Thanks for the viewing tips. Looking forward to more tips.

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Kristel, Minneapolis, MN — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:13:37 GMT

I saw a meteor falling from the sky about two weeks ago. I was standing on my porch in South Minneapolis and was looking west. Was this documented?

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George, Hudson, WI — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:07:12 GMT

I saw the 10/3/07 Minneapolis meteor while bike-riding west on E. Cove Rd., about 0.5 mi. east of Cty. Tk. F, 3.5 miles south of I94 south of Hudson, WI.

Immediately I noted the time as 2:07:00 PM, + or - 5". In streaking generally downward, the meteor crossed the vertical east-west plane defined by E. Cove Rd. It crossed that plane from south to north, just before flaming out about 10-20 degrees above the horizon.

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Tom O'Mara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:24:16 GMT

I'm not sure how many pieces of this meteor were seen that day but one landed in our neighborhood at the end of the street in a common garden area. My daughter was home at the time and she said it created a loud explosion (sonic boom?) and shook the entire house. she went outside, looked around and noticed a lot of smoke (steam?) coming from the garden area. Someone called 911 and Minneapolis Police, Fire and Bomb Squad responded. An impact site was noted but nothing more was done. Monday or Tuesday of this week my neighbor went out with a metal detector and dug in the garden where my daughter remembered the smoke. 3 1/2 feet down and about 10 feet west of the impact he found a knarled piece of rock that we assume is the meteorite. Its about 3" wide by 1" thick and magnetic. He's called the UofMinn to see if anyone can answer questions about it. Don't know if this is the one people saw or if its just one part of it.

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Martin - Calgary, Alberta, Canafa — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:37:23 GMT

Just came back from walking the dogs in Calgary Alberta Canada, saw a fireball streaking across the sky from north to south.It was My first sighting and very amazing, uncomfortably close and very bright. December 17 2007

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Tom Wilson, Coconut Creek, FL — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:46:36 GMT

I just saw a meteor going from west to east across the sky in front of my house in Coconut Creek, FL. It was going at a very low angle and was very bright. Right before it went behind a tree...I could see that it was getting cooler and less bright. I believe it had to have made it to the ground either in Coconut Creek or Deerfield Beach, FL... 8:40 pm 09/09/08.

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lacey abbott,grove city ohio — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:33:00 GMT

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