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01-24-2017, 08:59 PM | #1 | |
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Brilliant green meteor lights up India's Sky Islands (pic of awe inside)
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01-24-2017, 09:09 PM | #2 |
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Woah. Wonder what it's made of to burn green like that. (edit: Google suggesting nickel or copper.)
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01-24-2017, 09:21 PM | #3 | |
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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.
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01-24-2017, 09:30 PM | #4 |
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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.
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01-25-2017, 12:16 PM | #5 |
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That's gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.
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01-25-2017, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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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?
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