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A desert bolide...

Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 19:42
by SanadaUjiosan
So while returning from Tucson late last night, I saw a bolide over the Arizona desert. For those of you like me, who don't know what a bolide is (I found out while wiki'ing what I saw :wink: ), it is basically a big big meteor that gets into the lower atmospheres and is very bright. It's basically considered a fireball.

Sadly, I have no pictures (seems these things only get caught on security cameras and police car cameras) but this is a pretty good example of what I saw (google image search bolide):

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It was blue-ish green, which means copper was burning off. Pretty neat 8)

It wasn't super bright like the bolides seen in a lot of youtube videos, it fizzled out only a few seconds after I saw it from the top edge of my windshield. Still, I consider myself pretty lucky to see one while driving through the desert at night. :P

Re: A desert bolide...

Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 19:54
by KaiserJ
star light, star bright, please don't land on my car tonight

always cool to see shooting stars and other funky stuff like that. i wonder what are the odds of experiencing such phenomena

Re: A desert bolide...

Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 20:30
by PicassoCT
did you get the ressources? I mean, you - the inventor of ct didnt just ignore all that coper?

Re: A desert bolide...

Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 23:23
by Panda
8) I've always liked watching stuff like that too.

Re: A desert bolide...

Posted: 01 Apr 2012, 06:02
by CarRepairer
I saw it too. Southern california, was driving east. I thought it was fireworks or a small plane crashing.