Posted on 04/08/2009 9:59:50 AM PDT by gemmeg
Nothing to worry about Meg, it was just tinfoil residue from the viking kittie marines of planet Zoturass
Meteors burn up about 60 miles (100 km) above the surface of the earth. Most visible meteors are smaller than a grain of sand and completely vaporize high in the atmosphere.
A fireball is caused by meteor about the size of a baseball. Most people will see about one in a lifetime. They are dramatic, but not terribly unusual.
You will probably never see another one. Enjoy it.
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
But I’m sure we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through, just the way you used to do
Till the blue skies chase the dark clouds far away
Now, won’t you please say “Hello” to the folks that I know
Tell ‘em it won’t be long
‘cause they’d be happy to know that when you saw me go
I was singing this song
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
But I’m sure we’ll meet again some sunny day
Nice CGEB reference, TJ!
One of the classic threads...
Here we go...
This is definitely the “galaxies colliding” thing you heard about.
In fact, the entire cosmos as we know it was destroyed about four hours ago.
It was G-5 Pelosi......
And we all know what that means: torrent downloading isn’t technically illegal anymore!
Hooray for pr0n!
Take a look at the pockmarked surface of the moon. What do you suspect is the cause ? Constant historical evidence of falling Objects.....but no Galaxy collision in sight for us....just many continuing smaller interstellar Rocks.....thank God for an Atmosphere.
Damn, I hate it when that happens. Here we go again! UNNNGH!
There are meteors raining down on Earth all the time. Most are particles/’dust’ from comets the size of a grain of sand. Ones that create fireballs like you saw are likely initially the size of a boulder. They travel so fast (thousands of miles per hour) that they ionize atoms in the atmosphere producing the light we see. Galaxies, btw, are millions of light-years away. One light-year, the *distance* light travels in a year at 186,000 per second (light speed), is nearly 6 TRILLION miles. Those ‘colliding galaxies’ in the news recently that you mention are probably hundreds of millions of light-years away.
I was IB4TZ and the Mods left it up like a toy mouse for the kitties.
Lots of good zot posts like 14 & 21.
“In fact, the entire cosmos as we know it was destroyed about four hours ago.” Alright! Out of work early again!
Cystic acne conglobata?
Figures... mailed my taxes off 4 hours 10 minutes ago.
I wonder what ever happend to CGEG????
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