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Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 2348 UTC 26JUN2015

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 2348 UTC 26JUN2015
c2015 Joao Amancio / BRAMON

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Italy Bolide Meteor 2113 UTC 26JUN2015

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Italy Bolide Meteor 2113 UTC 26JUN2015
c2015 Ferruccio Zanotti

Link for more information- Italian Meteor and TLE Forum-
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t4120-fireball-20150526-211357-ut#13810

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NASA to get space station view of Earth-bound asteroids, meteors
Network World
The Meteor investigation camera is programmed to record known major meteor showers during its two-year orbit and could also spot unpredicted ...

Japanese company Ale to create fireworks using meteors in Earth's atmosphere
Daily Mail
A meteor is what we call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris ... much of the debris burns up in the atmosphere, forming a meteor shower.

Meteor captured falling over Hobart's Domain
The Mercury
The meteor was most likely a ping pong to tennis ball sized space rock....

Meteor falls over Hobart Domain
Perth Now
... the video recorded by José Navarro, said it appeared to be a ...

Meteor to mark your birthday? Japanese start-up hopes to launch its own shooting stars
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Fancy a meteor shower racing across the night sky to mark your birthday? One Japanese start-up is hoping to deliver shooting stars on demand and ...

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Taiwan Star Scream Star Party 2015 Continues

Pingtung, Hengchun, Taiwan Star Scream Star Party 2015
Posted to Youtube by 鄭廉穎 2 views
Thank you Tommy for the video!

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 0202 EDT 26JUN2015

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 0202 EDT 26JUN2015
c2015 Rejean Hebert

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Chile Bolido Meteor 2130 Local 25JUN2015

Please file a meteor sighting report-Por favor, presentar un informe de avistamiento de meteoros.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

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From Twitter "Para quienes nos consultan hoy cerca de 21:30hrs Meteoro que se desintegró en la atmósfera pudo ser Visto Desde La 4ª A La 7ª Región"
For those who consult us today about 21: 30hrs meteor disintegrated in the atmosphere could be seen from the 4th to the 7th Region
https://twitter.com/reddeemergencia/status/614261201523113984
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All Meteor Reports-
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Tasmania, Australia Fireball Meteor 1745 Local 24JUN2015 w/ video
-Facebook video link
https://www.facebook.com/4wdtragic/videos/vb.1132651223/10205824931599131/?type=2&theater

Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
24JUN2015 Sarah A. Campania,TAS 17:40pm - 18:00pm 4-5 sec W;N Left to right. N-W a bright fire ball that appeared and moved across the sky as bright as an oxy flame there were flames coming off it there were no flashes before it appeared, it was very large

All Meteor Reports-
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NASA looks to nuclear weapons to combat meteoritethreat
YouTube
NASA has been working with the National Nuclear Security Administration, the part of the Department of Energy responsible for national security ...

Comet Metal Rained Down on Mars
Discovery News
“This must have been a mind-blowing meteor shower,” said Nick Schneider of the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of ...

2016 (PDF)
International Meteor Organization
International Meteor Organization. 2016 Meteor Shower Calendar compiled by Jürgen Rendtel 1. 1 Introduction. Welcome to the twenty-sixth ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25JUN2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
ice crystals form on meteor dust (as we are constantly getting bombarded with fine meteor dust) and other particles about 80 to 85 km above Earth.

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Japan Bolide Meteor 0354 JST 20JUN2015 - 2015年6月20日3時54分23秒の火球

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Japan Bolide Meteor 0354 JST 20JUN20152015年6月20日3時54分23秒の火球
c2015 Shimoda / SonotaCo

Japan Meteor Forum for more information including orbit and trajectory-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3507&sid=33e3b026846c14d97ce0972f947b8bd2

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 2324 UTC 24JUN2015

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 2324 UTC 24JUN2015
c2015 Welter Mesquita Vaz Mesquita / BRAMON

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Estscao, VRG-MG, Brasil Meteor 2324 UTC 24JUN2015
c2015 Wellington Albertini / Bramon

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Think the northern lights are beautiful? Keep an eye out for these stunning nighttime clouds
Globalnews.ca
... ice crystals form on meteor dust (as we are constantly getting bombarded with fine meteor dust) and other particles about 80 to 85 km above Earth.

Meteor? Mystery deepens as loud bang and rumbling in New Zealand baffles experts
Signs of the Times
Delyse Diack from Stardome Observatory said it was unlikely to have been a meteor as these are detected by GeoNet. "Given they didn't pick anything ...

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen and Western professor Gordon Osinski embarking on Arctic mission

London Free Press - 1 hour
Imagine exploring the Canadian Arctic where polar bears run loose on the bare rock in a massive meteorite crater.

Museum store houses 10 million objects

BBC News - 6 hours
National Museums Scotland unveils a new storage facility that houses nearly 10 million objects from across the world - and beyond.

ASTEROID DAY at the California Academy of Sciences (SF) Hosted by Astronauts, Scientists, Writers and Other Experts

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 30 minutes
B612 Foundation: WHAT: ASTEROID DAY SAN FRANCISCOHOSTS: B612 Foundation and California Academy of SciencesDATE/TIME: Tuesday, June 30 / ...

New collections centre for National Museum unveiled

The Herald - 13 hours
A collections research, access and storage facility has been opened at the National Museums Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh by Fiona ...

Mystery deepens as loud rumbling baffles experts
Wanganui Chronicle
Delyse Diack from Stardome Observatory said it was unlikely to have been a meteor as these are detected by GeoNet. "Given they didn't pick anything ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24JUN2015
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A Meteor Nearly Destroyed Pittsburgh -Chicora Meteor/ite. Only In Your State The story of the Chicora Meteor, which could have taken out almost the ...

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Britannica.com
Multimedia for meteor. Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, ...

Meteor Crater
Britannica.com
Multimedia for Meteor Crater. Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, ...

OJ0B on Market Reef Logs Hundreds of 2 Meter Moonbounce , MeteorScatter Contacts
QRZ Now
The recent Market Reef OJ0B expedition resulted in 462 contacts via 2 meter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) and meteor scatter activity with stations on all ...

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On This Day In Pennsylvania History… A Meteor Nearly Destroyed Pittsburgh -Chicora Meteor/ite
Only In Your State
The story of the Chicora Meteor, which could have taken out almost the entire city of Pittsburgh.

US Fireballs: 60+ Meteor/Fireball Sightings In The Last 48 Hours
Disclose.tv
(27 sporadics) All Sky Fireball June 21 The Lunar Meteorite Hunter has received multiple reports of meteor/fireballs occurring over a wide area in your ...

Asteroid Day: Events & Webcasts Set for June 30; 100X Declaration Open for Signatures

SpaceRef - 8 hours
Asteroid Day: Events & Webcasts Set for June 30; 100X Declaration Open for Signatures

New research shows Earth's core contains 90 percent of Earth's sulfur

SpaceDaily - 18 hours
File image. So perhaps there is some truth in the old legends of the underworld reeking of brimstone (or sulphur, as it is now called)? New ...

Lucky Strike
Popular Science
Today, we know the site as Meteor Crater. It has fascinated generations of people, but we are still only just beginning to understand asteroids, the ...

OJ0B on Market Reef Logs Hundreds of 2 Meter Moonbounce, Meteor Scatter Contacts
ARRL
The recent Market Reef OJ0B expedition resulted in 462 contacts via 2 meter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) and meteor scatter activity with stations on all ...

Answer Man: Meteor lights up SE Minn. sky
Post-Bulletin
Dear Man of Mediocre Powers, did you or anyone else see the meteorthat flashed across the sky on Sunday night, about 9:45 p.m., fairly low in the ...

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 2257 UTC 22JUN2015

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MG Brasil Meteor 2257 UTC 22JUN2015
c2015 William Siqueira / BRAMON

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NASA May Use Nukes To Defend Earth From Asteroids
Popular Science
In 2013, a 60-foot-wide meteor exploded over Russia, and no one saw it coming. The Chelyabinsk impactor was relatively small by interplanetary ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - AZ Meteor 21JUN2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Please file your meteor sightings please HERE- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html. Initial Meteor ...

Maharashtra: As 30-ft hole materialises overnight in Vikramgadh, villagers cry alien attack
Daily News & Analysis
Our officials had gone to the spot to study the field but couldn't conclude if it was formed due to a meteor fall or something else. It could not have been ...

نيزك
Wiktionary
From Persian نیزک (nêzak, “meteor, shooting star”), from Middle Persian. Compare Classical Syriac ... [show ▽]Declension of noun نَيْزَك (nayzak) .

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Pingtung, Hengchun, Taiwan 2015 Southern Cross Star Party Finale 13JUN2015 w/video

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The Southern Cross as seen from Pingtung, Hengchun 13JUN2015

2015 06 13 恆春星吶

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Naruwan
2015屏東國際隕石研討會前精彩的表演
Paiwan elementary school students performance -
Kao Shih Elementry School website link 高士國小
Posted to YouTube by 陳慶鴻 51 views

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AZ Meteor Approx. 2100 Mtn. Time 21JUN2015

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AZ Meteor Approx. 2100 Mtn. Time 21JUN2015
v.1 c2015 Dirk Ross / Google Earth

Check your security cameras!

YOUR meteor report is important.
Please file your meteor sightings please HERE-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

8 Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
21JUN2015 Christopher Howard Scottsdale, AZ 21:03 AST, 5 seconds S - down Green Very bright seemed to split into 2 very brief: was just too high in the sky to be a firework

21JUN2015 Lori paup Sunizona, AZ 21:03 pm Arizona 5 S-n Orange blue green Sun No No

21JUN2015 Kanemi Suizu Phoenix AZ 85032 21:00 5 secs South Green Orange White Fire works South I thought it was fire works till I see the other peoples comments.

21JUN2015 Marion MacDonald Tucson, AZ, USA 20:55 5 NW-S Two bright green bursts moon (full) No Created shadows on ground

21JUN2015 Jennifer Powers Tucson, AZ 20:55 4 N-S Green with blue tail Venus No It was very bright.

21JUN2015 Cindy Galowitch Phoenix, AZ 85048 20:50pm Mountain time 5-10 secs? Saw/I was facing south, it was falling left to right No sound, green, orange, bright Sun-very bright A little It was like seeing a firework on July 4th-big bright explosion, falling fast thru the sky before burning out. My husband and I were in our backyard pool, I looked up and saw it before I could explain to him it was gone. Just an amazing sight! I Googled fireball and that's exactly what it looked like. I'm still in awe!

21JUN2015 Steve Acquafredda Phoenix, AZ ~20:50 2 sec South Whitish Bright Not observed Driving near 32nd street and Shea with family member we both viewed it.

21JUN2015 John Herrera Scottsdale, Az. 2036 2 - 3 seconds south green brighter than venus but not as bright as moon yes it was fragmenting saw from my family room looking at at sky to the south. Object appeared and was fragmenting with bright green colors before fizzling out

For all sighting reports-

http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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MN IA IL Meteor 2130 Central Time 21JUN2015

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YOUR meteor report is important.
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-

21JUN2015 Cameron Ford Polk City, Iowa, USA 2130, Central US 5-7 seconds East to North East White and light blue no sound Venus None None

21JUN2015 Alicia Lytle Machesney Park, IL USA 9:30 pm 5-6 seconds i was facing west it came from the southwest traveling at an angle glowing ball of light. white possibly fire colors brightness like Venus no it seemed to be pretty low before glowing stopped traveling very fast

21JUN2015 Jean Roe LEROY, MN USA 21:20 10 seconds Notice it straight up travelling true West. I was facing south and it was travelling to the right. Bright white with orange and blue tail Moon No Four other family members witnessed as we sat outside grilling. One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen

21JUN2015 Lori Dodge Center, MN, USA Around 9pm CST 5 seconds Facing South, traveled from left to right, from East to West The colors were beautiful! Like a rainbow! Brighter than the moon. No falling parts. It was gorgeous! I thought it was a firework, but it never exploded! There was no sound. It was clearly a glowing ball with a less bright tail. I was at a park, and two other people saw it as well. This morning, I mentioned it at work, and it was also seen in Owatonna, MN, USA.

For all sighting reports-

http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 0740 UTC 20JUN2015 w/video

BRAMON 20/06 - Possível Lambda Taurideas Diurno - Estação VLW1/SP

Posted to YouTube by Vinicius Lenci 89 views

Carlos Augusto Di Pietro wrote,
"Uma captura espetacular da estação VLW em Santo Antonio de Posse, SP, de Vinicius Lenci.
O objeto durou 4,5 segundos atingindo mag -1,2 e apresentou rastro persistente. Sua classificação foi um DLT, Lambda Taurideas Diurno, acredito no entanto que se tivesse sido triangulado o radiante real do objeto seria outro."
---"A spectacular catch VLW station in Santo Antonio de Posse, Brazil, Vinicius Lenci.
The object lasted 4.5 seconds reaching mag -1.2 and presented persistent trail. Your rating was a DLT, Lambda Taurideas Day, I believe however that it had been triangulated the real radiant object would be another. "

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Pingtung Pineapples Yilan Debut Island Tour 2015

Tripping New Stars!

Pingtung Pineapples Debut Island Tour 2015

Tripping New Stars in Yilan, Taiwan.

The Pingtung Pineapples- Tripping New Stars Flying High!

in Yilan, Taiwan.

The Pingtung Pineapples- Tripping New Stars Flying High-

in Yilan, Taiwan.

Tripping New Stars!
New Taiwan #1 Hit- Viral video- 有點向左稍微向右。

The Pingtung Pineapples -"A Little to the Left a Little to the Right" https://www.facebook.com/groups/mychat.photo/

Night-shining Clouds created when Ice Crystals form on Meteor Dust
Scientific Computing
NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft observed noctilucent clouds on June 10, 2015. This image is a composite of several ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JUN2015
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"The Geminid meteor shower generates shooting stars on Earth, but they can't do that on the moon," said Mihaly Horanyi, a physicist at the University .

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Meteorite Thefts Pose a Problem in Ancient Impact Field - Campos del Ceilo meteorite, Argentina

Scientific American - 9 hours
The largest meteorite in the Americas, along with some 30 related craters, is located on farmland in Argentina, but the specimens are being ...

Taipei Smith Chiu Iron Meteorite Tossed to Pingtung, Taiwan
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
台北Smith Chiu 100公斤铁陨石抛给台湾屏东. Taipei Smith Chiu 100kg Iron Meteorite Tossed to Pingtung, Taiwan for Excitement Perhaps 10,000 ...

An intriguing rock in the Alaska wilderness

The Bristol Bay Times - 4 hours
Our knees pressed into crunchy lichen, three of us hunch around a rock the size of a postage stamp.

Giant dust clouds near moon's surface slowly erasing astronaut footprints
Naples Daily News
"The Geminid meteor shower generates shooting stars on Earth, but they can't do that on the moon," said Mihaly Horanyi, a physicist at the University ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JUN2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
This upcoming weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the late evening hours and will not interfere with meteor observing during the more .

Animals Dying Off in Current Mass Extinction

Discovery News - 5 hours
The sixth mass extinction on Earth is upon us, confirms an extensive new study. Here are just a handful of its victims.

NASA's All Sky camera network captured over 200 meteor/fireballs from Monday evening through ...
Galactic Connection
A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that often explodes in the atmosphere. In astronomy, it refers to a fireball approximately as bright as the full ...

Meteor showers
CalSky
The on-line software CalSky calculates the dates and times of visibility of the yearly returningmeteor showers. You also learn which showers are ...

2015 The SECOND Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

27 June 2015

Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 26JUN2015

Italy Bolide Meteor 26JUN2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUN2015

Taiwan Star Scream Star Party 2015 Continues

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 26JUN2015

26 June 2015

Chile Bolido Meteor 25JUN2015

Tasmania, Australia Fireball Meteor 24JUN2015 w/video

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26JUN2015

Japan Bolide Meteor 20JUN2015 - 2015年6月20日3時54分23秒の火球

25 June 2015

Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 24JUN2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25JUN2015

24 June 2015

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23 June 2015

Minas Gerais, Brasil Meteor 22JUN2015

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22 June 2015

Pingtung, Hengchun 2015 Southern Cross Star Party Finale 13JUN2015 w/video

AZ Meteor 21JUN2015

MN IA IL Meteor 21JUN2015

21 June 2015

Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 20JUN2015 w/video

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21JUN2015

20 June 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JUN2015