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Have you ever seen a fireball shoot across the sky?

I seen one once and it was huge. It was mostly bright green with a long gold and white tail. I instantly thought the world was ending.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
My brother his daughter and I were travelling to Mom's for Christmas. it was the 23rd, forget the year. Since it was going to be mid 40's Celsius and his car had no aircon we chose to drive through the night to make the 800km journey.
Apart from seeing numerous kangaroos standing on the side of the road looking like The walking dead extras, What looked like a Train by its lights that vanished into nothing. We saw a beg right light coming down. As it arced across the sky it turned to bright green and the white before it disappeared from sight. We discovered awhile later that it had been a comet the landed in the sea.
SW-User
I have when I was little .. it was just a flash though .. and it lit up the night sky for like a second .
Talesfromthedarkside · 26-30, M
Yep seen something like that before no one else around me really cared lol
Northwest · M
What you saw was probably no larger than a walnut. Mostly they are specs of space dust, no bigger than grains of sand.

I track meteor showers and try to be there. The Perseids are on now, and will peak overnight Wednesday-Thursday. Should be clear skies for us in the Northwestern USA.
morrgin · F
@Northwest I go to the Oregon coast today. Do you think I will be able to see much of the Meteor shower over there?
Northwest · M
@morrgin The moon is in its Waxing Crescent Phase, which is the first phase after the new moon. This means 10% illumination and a moonset of roughly 10:30PM. So, if you're along the coast, with little to no light pollution, you should be able to look up (maybe not even look up, just look out toward the sky), from about 12:30AM to about 4:40AM and see hundreds of meteors streak per hour.

I don't think smoke from the fires has reached the coast. I should be on the Washington Coast.
sciguy18 · M
I’ve actively gone looking for them; especially during known meteor showers. Never got to see one though. So neat that you did.
morrgin · F
@sciguy18 besides the one I saw my husband seen a different one years before that. Neither one happened during a Meteor shower I dont think but I'm not positive.
Beatbox34 · 31-35, M
Never but I want to see one.
IamDRock · 41-45, M
No. Is that normal?
morrgin · F
@IamDRock yes its normal. If you do ever see one you can go the American Meteor Society online and report it. Their database will show all the other people who reported the one you saw and past sightings as well.
Was it Puff the Magic Dragon?

 
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