So, did anyone else see the great ball of fire last night?
04 March 2012, 12:44 PM
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So, did anyone else see the great ball of fire last night?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959
My daughter and I spotted it while driving back from a concert. It was quite spectacular.
My daughter and I spotted it while driving back from a concert. It was quite spectacular.
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04 March 2012, 06:30 PM
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I was outside taking shots with my telescope at the time (see Photography section). So I was in prime position to see it, but was looking the other way. 
04 March 2012, 06:38 PM
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04 March 2012, 06:40 PM
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As always, here on Humberside, if their is spectacular event in the night sky, it's cloudy.
The only ones WE see are the ones on our town motto: "Refulget Labores Nostros Coelum", the skies reflect our labours. We see the clouds glow like the fires of hell when the steel furnaces are tapped/fired.
Used to be even more spectacular when slag was tipped onto the slag banks, but it doesn't happen now, it all goes for foam slagging to make roads.
The only ones WE see are the ones on our town motto: "Refulget Labores Nostros Coelum", the skies reflect our labours. We see the clouds glow like the fires of hell when the steel furnaces are tapped/fired.
Used to be even more spectacular when slag was tipped onto the slag banks, but it doesn't happen now, it all goes for foam slagging to make roads.
04 March 2012, 06:42 PM
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When I was in Australia a few years back their was some comet which was visible for a night or two. The sight of it was quite extraordinary, it has this massive trail behind it.
04 March 2012, 08:41 PM
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no-one know it was coming?
too small to be picked up by people in the know? i missed it, and gutted lol, id love to see something that spectacular.
too small to be picked up by people in the know? i missed it, and gutted lol, id love to see something that spectacular.
05 March 2012, 07:19 AM
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Years ago I had a special project to do which involved flying around at night with a several million candpower light in a Canberra wingtip.
You should have seen the UFO reports which used to come in!
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You should have seen the UFO reports which used to come in!
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05 March 2012, 01:14 PM
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Yes, saw it. Weird how it was visible for a good 20-30 seconds, and obviously flaming. Completely different to a shooting star which is a quick flash of silver.
But why do so many people call the police. What would they do even if it was a plane with an engine fire
But why do so many people call the police. What would they do even if it was a plane with an engine fire
06 March 2012, 11:57 AM
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looks like i was one of the few who saw it as well.
Driving back from father in laws house in brum saw what me and the misses thought was a large rocket with sparks trailing and assumed it was some just a random fire work, but someting told me it was just too high and it just kept going with orange sparks flowing from it.
Eventually lost it amongst the sky line and tought nothing of it till yesterday.
Driving back from father in laws house in brum saw what me and the misses thought was a large rocket with sparks trailing and assumed it was some just a random fire work, but someting told me it was just too high and it just kept going with orange sparks flowing from it.
Eventually lost it amongst the sky line and tought nothing of it till yesterday.
06 March 2012, 01:43 PM
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Daily Fail. "Terrified"; get a grip 
That's not the meteorite, unless it did a U-turn! Even the map on the same page shows it moving a lot further south than Redcar.
But a couple of good photos there.
That's not the meteorite, unless it did a U-turn! Even the map on the same page shows it moving a lot further south than Redcar.
But a couple of good photos there.
06 March 2012, 02:09 PM
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Daily Fail. "Terrified"; get a grip
That's not the meteorite, unless it did a U-turn! Even the map on the same page shows it moving a lot further south than Redcar.
But a couple of good photos there.
That's not the meteorite, unless it did a U-turn! Even the map on the same page shows it moving a lot further south than Redcar.
But a couple of good photos there.
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