LEONID FIREBALL

YOU GUYS.

I JUST SAW THE BIGGEST FUCKING METEOR I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE GODDAMN.

IT LIT UP THE SKY.

IT WAS A PERFECT VIEW FROM MY WINDOW AND IT WAS ALL BRIGHT ORANGE STREAKING STRAIGHT DOWN.

I MEAN HOLY SHIT THAT THING WAS BIG.

WOW!

Fireball Update

I guess not everyone's first thought last night was "OMG HOLY SHIT METEOR." A lot of people, like Mom'n'Dad, saw the flash without seeing the thing itself and had no idea what it was. I got to feel all smart and note that it was probably an ambitious chunk of the Leonid dust cloud.

Anyway, here's the best report I could find on it, and here's a sillier one (that does dickheaded autoplay on its videos, so you might want to turn your sound down) with some stuff from Clark Planetarium and a lot of "I SEEN IT WITH MAH OWN TWO EYES" type reporting,* not to mention quite a lot of article comments of either the "THE END IS NIGH" or "THE GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING THE TRUTH FROM US" variety. (KSL is one of those sites for comments.)

Check out the videos, especially the ones from the first link--they're really something.


*My favorite part of that video report is right at the end when the correspondent follows up her interview with NASA guy Patrick Wiggins with this gem: "... He says it's possible meteorites fell elsewhere ... he says It can't hurt to look ... if you do happen to find a piece that looks just like a rock, he says it's worth THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. Back to you." It's also in the text of the article, but with less force.

Really, I can only see people hearing the news that ORDINARY ROCKS IN YOUR BACKYARD ARE WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ending well, can't you?

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Happy birthday, acrossthelake! I hope it is a good one!