Esko Lyytinen
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Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:38 CDT
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We had here in Finland a very bright bolide during the night of 20th/21st September, at 00:34:41 UT. I attach the FINE images from Mikkeli by Aki Taavitsainen and Jani Lauanne and the color image (with web camera) by Harri Frestadius in Lappeenranta:

© Harri Frestadius

© Aki Taavitsainen and Jani Lauanne

© Harri Frestadius

This was not a meteorite dropper, but had the entry velocity of as big as about 66 kilometers/hour and exploded at the height of about 80 km.

I have been very busy with this the whole of yesterday. I lost count of how may cameras captured this, but I think it was about 15. I may later recheck this count. In any case, this is our new record in this. In addition, a good number of visual sightings were received, even though it arrived at an unfavorable time of night. Also this fireball was probably the brightest that we have ever captured directly in our cameras.



not sure what this is, but meteors don't travel at 50 MPH... and also, this is the 3rd time this year

http://yle.fi/uutiset/great_fireball_spotted_over_southern_finland/3150671

http://yle.fi/uutiset/meteorite_lights_up_the_skies_in_ostrobothnia/6221100

You never know when a rock is going to fall out of the sky and hit you on the head I guess.

one of the websites i get this at has about 30 articles of fireballs, meteors, and general crud falling from the sky in the last month.... maybe something is happening up there? there is one article about a meteor going to hit the earth in feb. of 2013... smaller one tho, only 150 ft across...

That's why you should always wear a foil helmet.

I have my Tesla coil and my tachyon field generator.

Ok, cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2ZJBh92SM