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Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep
The pre-impact flash.......when you look at the video there is an impact, a brief ejection of material behind the impactor then an almighty explosion. (The video i have saved shows this, i haven't been able to find it on the web again)
On the surface of it, my initial thoughts were the impactor broke through the surface or "crust" then released it's energy below the surface as it vaporised.
The pre-impact flash may not have been exactly that, it could have been the actual initial impact.
Of course Alex wouldn't swallow this, but to me thats how i interpret it.
Of course we'd need more information about the impact itself to determine anything.
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I am happy to examine your interpretations as they crystallize.
Ofcourse they would carry more weight if they were made
prior to the event.
I, as an inquisitive layman, will also hold these ideas accountable qualitatively as a complete picture develops. IE: Ideas will need to be logically consistent across all phenomena.
Maybe we could look at the expectations of a projectile 'breaking through surface crust' then vaporizing "BELOW", resulting in a below crust explosion causing such a large emission?
I would expect that should this interpretation you have suggested actually happened, we would've seen a noticeable increase in H20 IR and some form of 'ejection of material', particularly the crust which you are suggesting is 'blown apart'? This does not seem to have occurred?
Questions:
* What do you suggest the crust is made from? if no surface ice detected?
* Given the size of the explosion (blinded the camera to saturation levels), would the vaporization blow out this crust? It would have to yeah... if thats what you are claiming we see?
A clear qualitative difference between these 2 ideas is that, electrical discharge does *not* require large explosions of matter to explain the pre-flash *or* blindingly large flash. Snowball seems to require this in great amounts.
But hey lets explore these ideas.