Brilliant green meteor lights up India's Sky Islands (pic of awe inside)
http://i.imgur.com/6TXt0v5.jpg
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/bright...ountains-india Quote:
I can't believe it's real. Sci-fi fans get in here. Is it Kryptonite? |
:teek: Woah. Wonder what it's made of to burn green like that. (edit: Google suggesting nickel or copper.)
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I'm gonna dumb guess and say that the 'light show' was caused by pollutants in our atmosphere. I mean, a super hot space rock burning through all of the airborne crud in our air as our planet's gravity pulled the meteor to the ground, might have contributed to that green-ish aura in the sky.
As I mentioned above, it's a dumb guess. |
Ah, chemistry.
This is isn't the first time we've seen green meteors before - though we didn't get as nice an image this time. But yeah, it is nickel or copper burning in the atmosphere. |
That's gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. :tlove::tlove::tlove:
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Wow. THAT is an amazing photo. Magnificent! And I might add that even if the meteor wasn't in it that is a truly stunning view of the area- and the cloud formations are beautiful too!
Edit- just noticed the bright little light in the sky in the middle. Looks like a planet; I wonder which one? |
Beautiful. :D
Nice to see a thread in the Current Events forum that isn't another "RIP" thread. That doesn't happen very often. |
Not anywhere near as nice of an image (or video rather), but another green one in Illinois. Maybe a bit of space rock related to the one in India?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...206-story.html How common are green ones? I didn't even know they could be that color until the Indian one. |
Lol maybe Cubed was (gasp!) right! Maybe they ARE Kryptonite. Okay it was a fun thought anyway. Anyone hear of any odd UFO's seen near one? Could be Supes finally made it to Earth....
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Yea but if Kal-El is still just a baby, then he won't actually grow up to be the Man of Steel until most of us here are old timers.
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