No, the color is caused by oxygen in the atmosphere. Most low velocity fireballs are seen as green. Faster fireballs are brighter, and the "white" blackbody radiation often swamps the fainter green, although green may still be seen in the trail.
Anyway, nothing odd in your seeing two green fireballs. Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Odd Lights, Low Sounds Cause Stir in Maine Those are the only two fireballs I've seen. I believe the green color is caused by copper content in a bolide.?... Maybe I'm off-base with that tho. Gary ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
