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the multitude of fragments convinced me there should have been some trace that made it to the ground, that's why i waited for 10 minutes to listen for a sound. I have seen10 many meteor showers and have never seen one so orange. it looked nothing like the leonid meteor showers that occur during summer in our area which i have seen many times. nor did it resemble any of the white streak style meteors that i have come across many times in my life. this was more like watching a burning ember fall after shooting out from a campfire. the orange fragments, but it stretched out approximately 20-25% of the way up into the atmosphere, and the fragments all seemed to target a relatively small area. the orange colour was unlike any meteor i have seen, including images recorded and broadcasted in news or science stories. it was amazing to watch and seemed somewhat slower than the whitish streaks i have observed flying more parallel to the horizon on every other occasion. i would describe most as shooting stars, but this was a distinctly fragmenting collection of orange embers that rained down on a small area, perhaps covering 5 degrees horizontally (using your "fist at arms length equals 10 degrees" calculation) due to its near vertical trajectory. i would love to be informed of what i saw and would also love to know if any pieces made it to the ground. if i had the means to travel west and search for remnants i would already be on my way, it seemed to be less than 100km away due to the visual clarity of the number of fragments that followed it down. |
