dasa Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 A digital picture of a spectacular and apparently explosive event in the sky fooled a pair of seasoned NASA scientists, has other researchers around the globe mystified, and made a minor celebrity of a teenage photographer. Jonathan Burnett, 15, was photographing his friends skateboarding in Pencoed, Wales when one of them noticed a colorful fireball in the sky. Burnett snapped a picture, then sent it to NASA scientists and asked if they knew what it was. Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell, who run NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), posted the photograph on Oct. 1 and wrote that "a sofa-sized rock came hurtling into the nearby atmosphere of planet Earth and disintegrated." They called the picture "one of the more spectacular meteor images yet recorded." full story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulapavana Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 turns out it was not a meteor at all, but most likely a contrail (jet fuel condensation trail) from a passing Concorde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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