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Old 18-03-2009, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by erick View Post
A nice fireball seems to come along fairly frequently somewhere in the world. I've only seen one that I recall. I doubt that you would be seeing the actual meteor - but the glow of gas around a bigger piece of rock would have a lot of shape and texture to it. Check on Youtube for fireball videos - they are not just a fine line of light. Eg:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3WfNDD59Y
That's exactly what i saw! Except was even brighter (or possibly the camera just doesn't express it 100%). Beautiful indeed thanks for the link.
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