Friday, October 12, 2007
METEORS
We've recently received numerous telephone calls about sightings of large "fireballs" and meteors that have streaked across the Arkansas sky. Many seem to have been sighted east of I-540 over the Ozarks and north of the Arkansas River. Several viewers have recounted their tales of seeing not just an ordinary meteor, but rather "large, intensely bright objects, streaming across the sky." If you perhaps have seen such an event and happened to have captured a picture, we would love to get a copy to post. The video is just a representation of what some of these sightings may have looked like.
Check out this link for a neat look at the world of meteor hunting. http://www.space.com/news/la001_trade_000430.html
Posted by Ted Zarras at 6:30 PM
1 Comments:
My wife saw one earlier this week while heading to work. She was on I-40 near Mulberry when she saw the bright fireball meteor descend straight down to the horizon where it broke up in a flash. I didn't have my camera out that night but since then I sure have. I got one bright meteor early this morning and can be viewed here:
http://www.realclearwx.com/orionid10130701.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/orionid10130702.jpg
This meteor is actually an early Orionid Meteor. The Orionid Meteor shower peaks on October 21.
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