12-16-2014, 04:34 PM
Still a little busy, but did find these:
The 1972 Great Daylight Fireball:
http://youtu.be/wIv7wL9nWMQ
http://youtu.be/4WlCfuPrszU
That, of course, is the rare type. They happen more often than you might think but since most of the planet's surface is unpopulated they are rarely seen. Also, if they do occur over a populated area, they are rarely bright enough to be seen in daylight like that one.
Slightly more common one - basket ball sized Earthgrazer:
http://youtu.be/h5RdX_vW_mA
This is a more typical Earthgrazer you might witness during a meteor storm:
http://youtu.be/Vtu31zrSe8o
And this one looks to me to be a very good example of one:
http://youtu.be/tLrUie4EvO0
PunaMauka2, you mentioned a smoke trail. Meteors can leave two types of trail. One's called a "train" the other a "smoke trail". The former is a trail of ionized atoms and molecules that remain in an excited state for a few seconds before losing their energy and fading. Sometimes they stay bright enough for a long enough time for upper-level winds to move the trails, so they can look a little spread out and crooked.
The latter, a smoke trail, can often be seen from a larger meteor and it is pretty close to being real smoke. It's ablated material from the meteor and is probably quite similar to soot. They tend to last a little longer, but of course are much rarer.
The 1972 Great Daylight Fireball:
http://youtu.be/wIv7wL9nWMQ
http://youtu.be/4WlCfuPrszU
That, of course, is the rare type. They happen more often than you might think but since most of the planet's surface is unpopulated they are rarely seen. Also, if they do occur over a populated area, they are rarely bright enough to be seen in daylight like that one.
Slightly more common one - basket ball sized Earthgrazer:
http://youtu.be/h5RdX_vW_mA
This is a more typical Earthgrazer you might witness during a meteor storm:
http://youtu.be/Vtu31zrSe8o
And this one looks to me to be a very good example of one:
http://youtu.be/tLrUie4EvO0
PunaMauka2, you mentioned a smoke trail. Meteors can leave two types of trail. One's called a "train" the other a "smoke trail". The former is a trail of ionized atoms and molecules that remain in an excited state for a few seconds before losing their energy and fading. Sometimes they stay bright enough for a long enough time for upper-level winds to move the trails, so they can look a little spread out and crooked.
The latter, a smoke trail, can often be seen from a larger meteor and it is pretty close to being real smoke. It's ablated material from the meteor and is probably quite similar to soot. They tend to last a little longer, but of course are much rarer.
. I always associate them with the holiday season. Mele kalikimaka