video of denver 'meteor shower'? update...
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video of denver 'meteor shower'? update...
the Quadrantids put on quite a show this morning... we had particles enter the atmosphere, explode into a ball of dazzling light, and burn up over denver this morning.
video: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/p...Y&pageId=1.1.1
(might want the volume down, these reporters aren't too bright lol)
info on the Quadrantids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids
video: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/p...Y&pageId=1.1.1
(might want the volume down, these reporters aren't too bright lol)
info on the Quadrantids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids
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Originally Posted by spcdental
Thanks for posting that. Everyone here at work thought that i was losing my mind, and seeing things.
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UPDATE: NORAD confirms it was actually a russian rocket (aka space junk) re-entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids
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It is believed that the Quadrantids may have been the source of a meteorite strike in Freehold Township, New Jersey, late at night on January 2, 2007, when a rock the size of a golf ball and the weight of a can of soup punched through the roof of a house and caused moderate damage but no injuries. [1] The Quadrantids were initially suspected as the source of a spectacular shooting star seen in the skies over Denver, Colorado, that same morning. [2] It was later reported by NORAD and U.S. Northern Command that an SL-4 rocket body had re-entered the atmosphere, thus creating this display. [3]
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
/snip It is believed that the Quadrantids may have been the source of a meteorite strike in Freehold Township, New Jersey, late at night on January 2, 2007, when a rock the size of a golf ball and the weight of a can of soup punched through the roof of a house and caused moderate damage but no injuries. [1] The Quadrantids were initially suspected as the source of a spectacular shooting star seen in the skies over Denver, Colorado, that same morning.
