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Sunset with outer space illustration

Sunset with outer space illustration
This weird shot reminded me of 1950s comics of "outer space." I don't know what that pink/red/green reflection is. I just learned today that the burning up of Elon Musk's failed space something-or-other passed right overhead last night and I missed it! Awwwwww -darn! He's got money to burn. www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-rocket-debris-pacific-northwest-sky

One of my most amazing experiences: I saw a comet flying very low overhead about five years ago. It was bright yellow-white at the front and trailing an orange tail. There was no way for me to know the scale/distance, but my perception was that it was about 500 feet above me and 1000 feet to the north, descending at approximately a 10° angle. I heard it sizzling and watched it fly rather slowly to the ESE. I stayed outside for a long time, but did not see or hear an explosion. I combed the news late into the night and the next several days. Nothing local or regional was reported. I should have called someone...astronomical society...local college...news reporter? I guess it's been my own private wonder - until now!

Marco F. Delminho, Leon_Vienna, Berny, homaris and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Little Nightwitch
Little Nightwitch club
Great reflections and colours!
3 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Little Nightwitch club
Thank you, Nightwitch!
3 years ago.
 L. L. Wall
L. L. Wall club
AMS American Meteor Society tracks and logs such things. Scale and perception get to be way out of whack because they are so high and so bright -- I saw one pass from North to Southeast and thought it came down over the next ridge or so; it was reported by AMS to have impacted hundreds of miles away off the north coast of New Jersey. Fireball/meteor, I was totally impressed, and probably a once in a lifetime celestial sighting. I filled out a sighting report on the AMS site, but I don't remember what year it was so I can't find the specific event report now.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to L. L. Wall club
Interesting! I should have made an effort to find where to report it! I regretted it later and of course forgot the date shortly after it happened. It was headed toward where my son lived at the time (few mi. away), but it probably came down somewhere in remote Nevada, a couple of hundred miles away. Yes, once in a lifetime. I was dumbfounded, awestruck, gobsmacked... I'll never forget the sound and the feeling that I could reach out and touch it.
3 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
Happy Easter, Diane!
3 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Berny club
Hi, Berny, thank you! I wish you the same.
3 years ago.
 Leon_Vienna
Leon_Vienna club
For me, the peep into your backyard is far more interesting, than all this color-stuff ... ;-))
3 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
I know what you mean. I have no amazing landmarks, architecture or monuments where I live, so I have to make photos of the ordinary.
3 years ago.

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