Tag: Fireballs
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Fireball lights up the skies over Seattle
Corey Clarke’s webcam captured the flash of a meteor. (Courtesy of Corey Clarke via Twitter) It’s cool to see a fireball — but even cooler to capture it on video. At least that’s the way Seattle engineer/photographer Corey Clarke sees it. Clarke’s webcam happened to be pointing in the right direction to record the fireball’s…
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Fireball lights up the skies over the Pacific Northwest, sparking oohs, ahhs and LOLs
A video shot looking out to the west from Jack Clemens’ front porch in Seattle’s West Queen Anne neighborhood shows a fireball lighting up the skies above. Clemens says the flash “woke me right up.” (Image Courtesy of Jack Clemens) What was that flash in Wednesday night’s skies? Westward-looking skywatchers in locales ranging from Oregon…
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Spy satellite launch gets scrubbed? Boo! Meteor explodes in California skies? Yay!
Keri Brooke, vice president of product marketing for Salesforce Analytics Cloud, snapped this picture of the bright streak. “What the heck is this in the sky?” she asked on Facebook. (Keri E. Brooke Photo via Facebook) Rocket fans in California may have been disappointed by tonight’s scrub of a Delta 4 Heavy launch from Vandenberg…