July 7, 2009
UPDATE: One of my blog readers asked if the meteor was caught by the U.S. Government's NEXRAD radars. The short answer is: Probably not. I've saved off the radar loops here if you want to download* them. They seemed to be centered in York County, Pennsylvania and Baltimore County, Maryland, near the Maryland border. ... (more) with NEXRAD images
Maryland Weather-
Professional meteor hunter Steve Arnold is asking home and business owners in central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania to check their security tapes from early Monday morning for evidence of the meteor that scores of residents across the region have been reporting.
Most reader reports to this Blog put the time between 1:00 a.m. EDT and 1:15 a.m., July 6, with many focused on 1:08 - 1:10 a.m. ...
http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/check_security_tapes_for_meteo.html
Click to enlarge POSTED: 12:17 pm EDT July 6, 2009
UPDATED: 7:05 pm EDT July 7, 2009
WGAL TV- http://www.wgal.com/news/19966650/detail.html
YORK, Pa. -- A fireball that reportedly barreled across southern Pennsylvania skies early Monday morning may have been caught on tape.
IMAGES: Frame-By-Frame 'Fireball' Surveillance Images
Comments left read those reports here.
WGAL Channel 8
POSTED: 12:17 pm EDT July 6, 2009
UPDATED: 6:20 pm EDT July 6, 2009
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. -- A number of viewers throughout the Susquehanna Valley have contacted News 8 about a bright light they saw in the night sky, and an explosion they heard and felt early Monday morning (01:05~01:10EDT).
States with reports include: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.
VIDEO:
Whole Story: http://www.wgal.com/news/19966650/detail.html
Other Reports:The York Dispatch: In York County, Pa., police officers from Penn Township, Southwestern Regional and Newberry Township reported seeing a flash and hearing a boom around 1:15 a.m. Monday, July 6, according to local 911 centers. Officials in Harford County, Md. also reported seeing a flash and hearing a boom near the Mason-Dixon Line. Read comments
http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/ci_12758435
Capital Gazette: An Annapolis city police officer reported that she and her partner both saw what she described as a "bright blue light in the sky" just after midnight. It was followed by "a light with a tail, falling from the sky," according to our informant. Annapolis police reported hearing a similar report on Baltimore County police radio.
Gary Moon, reporting to The Sun's News Tips: "I heard and felt a deep earth blast similar to an earthquake, which shook my home in Glen Rock, Pa., early Monday morning. I thought I would hear MUCH more about this one ... nothing."
Deborah Markow, Havre de Grace: "Last night, couldn't sleep, went out on back deck, laid on lounge, eyes closed and then it was like someone pointed a flash light in my eyes it was so bright. I saw another one streak through the sky ... It was one of the most thrilling sights to behold a ball of fire flying through the sky."
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The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published.
The data, comprising 1.3 million images, come from a collaboration between the US space agency Nasa and the Japanese trade ministry.
The images were taken by Japan's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (Aster) aboard the Terra satellite.
The resulting Global Digital Elevation Map covers 99% of the Earth's surface, and will be free to download and use. ...
| [origo] oktatás | 2009.07.03 14:33:53 |
