Meteor smoke trail and time-lapse animation

[alexch (Alex)]

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 (Malcolm)]

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

[DavidU (Dave)]

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

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Great capture Alex. Thanks for sharing.

[iceman (Mike)]

Very cool! love the youtube vid!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

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

[alexch (Alex)]

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!!

Love your work Alex, just brilliant.

Cheers Daniel.

[M54 (Molly)]

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.

[Dave47tuc (David)]

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

Some photo's to show how times change.

[alexch (Alex)]

Daniel, Molly, David - many thanks!

Originally Posted by 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

Some photo's to show how times change.

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

Alex