Queensland Australia Meteor ~22:50 21NOV2012
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Initial Reports:
21NOV2012
Jeff
Redlynch, Cairns, QLD, Australia
approx 2300 GMT+10
approx 3-4 seconds
Looking South, meteor travelled in a SW direction
Very bright green, lit up the sky with green light, central yellow/orange flame
much brighter than the moon
fragmented as it travelled across the sky, bits streaking and broke up into 2 or 3 large pieces before disappearing
At first I thought it was someone letting off a boat flare, but it couldn't be as it was far too high and over land. Amazingly vivid green light lit up the whole sky to the South, with an orange flaming centre
21NOV2012
David
Vincent, Townsville Qld
22:52:00
Just seen lasted for aprox 3 seconds
Was facing North traveled from right to left
Bright white then a bright green
Very bright seen through tinted windows
Yes
No camera but was very low in the sky
21NOV2012
Benjamin Barbi
Ingham, QLD, 4850
22:45 GMT +10
30 sec? went behind trees
Right to left facing North
Green/Blue flash lit up the sky like day. orangeish head with blue tail
Flash was like daylight
cant recall
seen the flash and the meteor pass westerly in a downwards motion. about 5 minutes later was a loud boom that shook my house.
21NOV2012
Linda
Townsville, Qld, Australia
20:46 GMT +1000
5 sec
Start: North Travelling North West
Large Red Flash, With a red dotted tail(no sound)
Sun
The red tail looked like it was bouncing (like dash space dash space)
There was a large red flash followed by a red line (like a series of dashes before I lost sight of it behind a cloud.
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