--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Darryl Pitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Darryl Pitt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bolide? Doggone? > To: "Richard Kowalski" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 11:09 AM > > Hiya, > > If the description of the object's transit through the sky > is > accurate, I would have to disagree.
I would too, but it's an embellishment to make his story interesting. > (As the resolution of the camera is weak, and focus > limited, a bolide > could readily blur into a sun dog-like appearance.) > /d > Nope, if that were true the entire image would show the distortions. If you look at the images on the wiki page, or google sun dogs and click on images you'll see many examples that look exactly like this one. It is an *extremely* common phenomena... Almost no one looks up any longer, so even the most common phenomena are unknown to just about everyone. I highly recommend _The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air_ http://tinyurl.com/no2ej9 It's a great book. I've witnessed nearly everything contained within its pages. Richard ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
