[thechat] leonids tonight
Tony Crockford
tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Tue Nov 19 13:44:01 CST 2002
> My wife, my son, and I were out in the backyard from
> 2:20am to 3am PST and we counted 117. A lovely
> alternative to sleep! There were several largish firey
> ones and the, uh, contrails were distinctly green.
> Why?
I am not a scientist, but my basic chemistry suggests that they probably
had high copper content, which tends towards green when burning or
oxidising.
anyone think that sounds possible?
But hey, you saw 117! I saw zilch, due to very heavy fog - same again
tonight.
I'm gonna relocate to a better country!
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