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Fireball Trail
My wife was looking out of the window this evening when she saw, what I realised was a fireball. Although I missed the actual fireball, which lasted only a second or so, there was a clear trail for several minutes afterwards and I managed to take a few photos. On of these is attached. The meteor headed from the top right to bottom left.
The picture was taken with a Canon 350D is is therefore drastically reduced in size!
I used the curve function in Gimp to try and accentuate the trail a little, thus the compressed colours, but would certainly appreciate some advice on how to better process the image.
I'd also be interested on any thoughts on whether this fireball was random or connected with a metor shower (bit late for the Leonids I imagine). I'm in Mildura, northern Victora and the image was taken facing approximately ESE.
Thanks,
Everard
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