Color perception varies considerably between people (just ask who sees color in stars and who doesn't). About a third of people report no color in fireballs; most of the rest see some variation of green, ranging from pale lime to bluish. This is probably caused by the 558 nm "forbidden" oxygen emission line, mixed to varying degrees with a white thermal emission.
Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.P. Grondine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah > Hi all - > > There's that green color again. last time it was lime > green. He probably saw something, but which direction > he saw it fall is another question. > > good hunting, > Ed ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
