Meteor smoke trail and time-lapse animation

[alexch]

Hi,

I did a time-lapse at MPAS observing site last night. When I processed the images I noticed a bright meteor and was amazed to see a smoke trail after it. It took about 6 minutes for the smoke to dissipate.

I attached a few images and made a quick video showing the smoke trail dynamics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbTxM_B43U&hd=1

Cheers,
Alex

[mswhin63]

Nice job to catch a meteor arriving. I always catch planes. Not as impressive as yours :)

[DavidU]

Thats a sensational catch. I have never seen this anywhere before.
Well done.

[jjjnettie]

Great capture Alex. Thanks for sharing.:)

[iceman]

Very cool! love the youtube vid!

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Alex - sweet, I have only seen a handful of such events!

[alexch]

Thanks everyone!

It was awesome to see it live and then on the time lapse.
I was testing my new fisheye lens that night and made a 60 second video time lapse (best viewed in HD and in full-screen mode):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dl0gFRuuMg&hd=1

Cheers,
Alex

[danielsun]

That's an awesome time laps video and great meteor captures!!:eyepop:

Love your work Alex, just brilliant.:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

[M54]

That's amazing Alex. The little wisp of smoke is fascinating to watch. Makes one appreciate the term 'burning up in the atmosphere' a little more clearly.
The time lapse was terrific too. Thanks for that.:thumbsup:

[Dave47tuc]

Hi Alex,
many thanks for the video and the photo's.
Brought back some memories of years gone past.
Greg still likes bright red lights :P

Some photo's to show how times change. :)

[alexch]

Daniel, Molly, David - many thanks!



It does look very different now and the trees got much taller too.
Thanks for sharing the pictures, Dave.

Alex