Starship Asterisk*

links to other 'corkscrew' meteor images http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/3248096-M57_meteor_1.jpg http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_050107.html http://www.mywhitsunday.net/990918_meteor_corkscrew.jpg Chinese astronomers also give accounts of corkscrew meteors dating ...

What "I" find amazing about this is that there is so much speculation (5 pages so far) about such a short white line in the sky that has an irregular end on it. Its such a short line that either it was like a pebble and burned up in that short a distance, or, it just barely touched the At...

I don't think it was 'camera shake'. A deviation on the order of arc-seconds would show up in the stars, especially in the inset. My first question would be: Which end is the tail? Did it enter the atmosphere and somehow acquire angular momentum, or was it already spinning and somehow lose angular ...

I did a quick search for similar photos. Apparently, although uncommon, this isn't a unique phenomenon.

http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/imag ... 50107.html

Does anyone else see the quasi-elliptical depression surrounding this hole? Or is it a rise? Or perhaps it's just a ridge?

It's between about 3 and 6 hole-diameters out, all the way around.