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Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 6:56 am
by phsculpture
I was just out in the backyard (suburban Sydney) looking up at some lorikeets in a tree, when I guess what could only be a shooting star streaked across the sky beyond the tree. I've seen hundreds at night, but never when the sun is almost up and no other stars are visible in the sky. Nice way to start the day.
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 8:46 am
by GPSGuided
Make a wish!
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 9:43 am
by walkon
Lucky buggar
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 11:27 am
by stepbystep
If it's extra bright it probably means it's a meteorite burning up relatively close by. This one was so bright it lit up the beach!
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 10:27 pm
by Swifty
did you see the shooting star that nearly wiped out chelyabinsk last year?
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzB0QYNIWI
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Re: Shooting star
Posted: Mon 30 Jun, 2014 10:29 pm
by Swifty
woops i did a boo-boo....dunno how to fix that...
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Tue 01 Jul, 2014 5:59 am
by phsculpture
Swifty wrote:did you see the shooting star that nearly wiped out chelyabinsk last year?
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzB0QYNIWI
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Yeah, I did. The same bright light against a daytime sky, although mine was there and gone in a split second.
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Tue 01 Jul, 2014 9:03 am
by GPSGuided
That was pretty spectacular! Any bigger, it may have meant the end of YouTube and no one would know about it.
Re: Shooting star
Posted: Wed 02 Jul, 2014 3:56 pm
by neilmny