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Skydiver’s Helmet Cam Captures a Falling Meteor Almost Hitting Him
PETAPIXEL ^
| april 03,2014
| Michael Zhang
Posted on 04/03/2014 1:21:29 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
For the first time ever, a meteor has been captured on camera falling through the sky after it has finished burning. And that’s not all: the baseball-sized space rock nearly slammed into the man behind the camera.
(Excerpt) Read more at petapixel.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; freefall; meteor; norway; skydive; skydiver; skydiving; surroundedbyidiots
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; Shimmer1
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:25:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I don't mind getting older, but I hate wearing out!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
THAT would have been unlucky.
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:26:14 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: SWAMPSNIPER
He should be glad he wasn’t skydiving over Chelyabinsk Oblast!
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:28:42 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
It’s more likely that someone on the plane threw a turd at him.
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:29:00 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
And people say NOBODY wins the lottery...
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
varyouga
To: Moonman62
Totally agree.
Tossed from plane, iow fake!
No way that could be a meteor, no flames, no smoke, no nothin...
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
djf
(OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Actually it was what’s left of mac daddies credibility in the worlds belief in him.
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:35:01 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:40:07 PM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The reporterette in the longer video from the source is not guilty. She seems dressed pretty casual for an interview - maybe that’s how they roll in Scandy land?
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:42:44 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Any word on how the Swedish high altitude anti-paratrooper catapult is doing? Have they shot down any Norwegians yet?
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:44:30 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: djf
“No way that could be a meteor, no flames, no smoke, no nothin...”
Read the article from the geologist — no fire:
“Most of the time, meteoroids burn up after entering our planet’s atmosphere, but sometimes larger ones survive the journey and enter what’s known as “dark flight.” This is when the rock stops burning up and begins to fall to the ground at terminal velocity. Amundsen estimates that the meteor was traveling at around 186 mph when it whizzed past Helstrup.”
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:46:43 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:46:52 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Next time, skydive with a catcher’s mitt and grab that sucka.
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:48:39 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
To: RandallFlagg
A 186 mile per hour 5 kilo (so 12 lb) rock fast ball?
I’d almost rather get shot.
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:51:13 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:51:55 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: TheThirdRuffian
I don’t buy it.
Not even smoke?
This whole “dark meteorite” thing has as much stones to it as “dark energy” and “dark matter” and “dark light”!
Other than the fact it’s way above ground, it looks like a plain, ordinary rock to me. And I am gonna be pretty hard to convince otherwise!
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:55:27 PM PDT
by
djf
(OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
What are the odds????
Some FReeper around here has to be smart enough to figure that out!
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posted on
04/03/2014 1:56:32 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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