Meteor Lights up night sky 11/18/09

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mgardula
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Meteor Lights up night sky 11/18/09

Post by mgardula » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:55 pm

Here is a link to some footage of a meteor streak over Southern Utah on early Wednesday morning 11/18/09. A couple of different cameras show how bright the sky became. Amazing!!! I heard rumors that the meteorite is approximately the size of a washing machine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8367760.stm

mgardula
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Re: Meteor Lights up night sky 11/18/09

Post by mgardula » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:04 pm

Found some more video from local news station. Turned night in to day for a brief second. Awesome!

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8714738

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