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Credit & Copyright: Norman Appleton
Explanation:
While stationed in
central Africa in December 1944, Norman Appleton
witnessed a
meteor so bright he remembered it his entire life.
Right before his eyes a tremendous smoking
fireball
streaked across the daytime sky.
Years later, as an accomplished member of the
Guild of Aviation Artists,
he recorded his memories in the
above painting.
Several days ago, on July 23 at 6:19 pm
EDT, a daytime fireball visible from the northeast
United States was reported by many
personal accounts.
No pictures of this event have yet surfaced,
although it is quite possible that a video
security camera somewhere caught it serendipitously.
The bolide was likely caused by a
sofa-sized rocky
meteor
disintegrated as it fell to Earth,
an event that occurs over some unpopulated area almost every day.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: meteor - fireball - daytime
Publications with words: meteor - fireball - daytime
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