Well one thing for certain this NOT the same perspective which was first posted. Live an learn.
Elton --- On Sat, 7/11/09, dean bessey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: dean bessey <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 6:59 PM > > I hate to be a party pooper when everybody is all excited > about having a photo of a meteor fall but astro mikes photo > shown on his webpage here: > http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/ > Is not exactly all that it is cracked up to be. > Reporters are renouned for not properly checking their info > in an effort to get a scoupe but somebody deserves a > raspberry over this one and at least somebody should have > seen this photo for what it is before newspapers started > printing it. > The greenish streak is a starboard (right) wingtip nav > light, the centre red is the rotating anti-collision beacon, > and the red streak is the port (left) wingtip nav light. The > two brighter white centre lights are the landing lights or > maybe white tracking lights depending on what type of > aircraft it is. It would have been flying up the photo to > the left of the observer. There was a slight wind making the > pilot crab into the wind which explains the non perfect > parellel lines. > The photo has quite a bit of dust and mike needs his CCD > chip cleaned. > Basically, While he was inside waiting the the long > exposure photo to finish an aircraft flew through his > image. > Cheers > DEAN > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
