Meteor by Moonlight (APOD 2009 August 15)

[neufer]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090815.html

This reminds me of the Organ Mountains from Las Cruces, NM back in 1973.
I climbed it once but mostly I just commuted over the pass daily to White Sands Missile Range in time for revelly.



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<<These images compare recent impact craters on the Moon and Earth. The bright “rays” surrounding the lunar crater show that the impact was relatively recent—less than 500 million years ago. Fresh material (ejected by the impact) on the lunar surface is initially bright, and it darkens over time. Boulders formed from compressed lunar dust and soil litter the crater floor. This relatively young crater is on the far side of the Moon south of Tsander Crater. >>

[apodman]

mostly I just commuted over the pass daily to White Sands Missile Range in time for revelly.

Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning,
Oh! how I'd love to remain in bed;
For the hardest blow of all, is to hear the bugler call;
You've got to get up, you've got to get up, you've got to get up this morning!
Some day I'm going to murder the bugler,
Some day they're going to find him dead;
I'll amputate his reveille, and step upon it heavily,
And spend the rest of my life in bed.

[neufer]

mostly I just commuted over the pass daily to White Sands Missile Range in time for reveille.

Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning,
Oh! how I'd love to remain in bed;
For the hardest blow of all, is to hear the bugler call;
You've got to get up, you've got to get up, you've got to get up this morning!
Some day I'm going to murder the bugler,
Some day they're going to find him dead;
I'll amputate his reveille, and step upon it heavily,
And spend the rest of my life in bed.

I'm not THAT old! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wiVkdVPGoY

[Frenchy]

Are there any space satellite images of meteors traveling through Earth's atmosphere?

[neufer]

Are there any space satellite images of meteors traveling through Earth's atmosphere?

I can't recall ever having heard of such a thing.

The few satellites that are sensitive enough to photograph city lights & aurora are probably not sensitive to transient meteors.

A special satellite would have to be built and probably there is little scientific justification for such a satellite.

[Chris Peterson]

Are there any space satellite images of meteors traveling through Earth's atmosphere?

Yes. I've got some images made from the ISS showing meteors in the Earth's atmosphere. There are DOD satellites that monitor the Earth for covert rocket launches, and these occasionally record fireballs (probably dimmer meteors as well, but only some data gets released to researchers). It's certain that weather and other remote sensing satellites regularly record meteors, although I've never seen an image released with one present.

An Internet search will reveal quite a few references to images of meteors caught from space. Here's one example.

[Frenchy]

Thank you, Chris!!!