http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/09/socialize-its-fun/ Meteor Showers of 2010, Meteors, & Meteorites by MeteorBlog.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/09/socialize-its-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-12322 John Hildyard-Todd Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:13:31 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=812#comment-12322 Having viewed the Perseid showers from the clear skies of southern France, didn't expect to see much but last night (25/9/2009) about midnight GMT +1 we witnessed an amazing sight. A "meteor" dropped vertically down the sky due south of us, leaving a trail like a firework rocket in reverse, before "fizzing out" for a split second then exploding in a bright green and white fireball. No sound whatsoever. We were stunned and wondered whether it was a man-made object re-entering the atmosphere because of its unusual trajectory. The flare was bright enough to have lit the southern sky for that brief second. Having viewed the Perseid showers from the clear skies of southern France, didn’t expect to see much but last night (25/9/2009) about midnight GMT +1 we witnessed an amazing sight.
A “meteor” dropped vertically down the sky due south of us, leaving a trail like a firework rocket in reverse, before “fizzing out” for a split second then exploding in a bright green and white fireball. No sound whatsoever.
We were stunned and wondered whether it was a man-made object re-entering the atmosphere because of its unusual trajectory. The flare was bright enough to have lit the southern sky for that brief second.

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