Re: Fireball at 5:11 pm over SF Bay

From: John R Pierce ^lt;pierce_at_No-Spam>
Date: Sat Nov 07 2009 - 23:19:49 PST

Steve Gottlieb wrote:
> Amazingly, my wife and I viewed it just a few minutes after watching a
> striking green flash over the ocean on the beach at Pajaro Dunes! A
> smoking zig-zag trail lingered in the western sky until it became
> dark. As the sky darkened, the long smoke trail seemed to take on an
> electric blue hue with brighter knots.

the weather guy on the KSBW-8 news (monterey/santacruz/salinas) just
mentioned the Taurids, said they've been getting a LOT of calls about
streaks, there have been a lot of bolides in this storm.

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Received on Sat Nov 7 23:20:01 2009
 
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