>>If this is the continued incandescence why is the "trail" not straight? Was the meteoroid still "glowing" hot thereby producing a visible light bright enough to be picked up by the camera?<<
In that area, the meteor probably wasn't bright enuf, for long enuf to be exposed in your camera. The lingering ionized train will have a longer time for exposure and show up without a meteor trails apparent presence. Your crooked trail appears to me to be the beginning of the ionized train distorting with the high altitude winds. As the train twists and turns, brighter spots presents itself for exposure...thus appearing crooked. This is something I had expected to see in Hankeys photograph, but don't. GeoZay ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
