[meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah

[Chris Peterson]

Color perception varies considerably between people (just ask who sees 
color in stars and who doesn't). About a third of people report no color 
in fireballs; most of the rest see some variation of green, ranging from 
pale lime to bluish. This is probably caused by the 558 nm "forbidden" 
oxygen emission line, mixed to varying degrees with a white thermal 
emission.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah


> Hi all -
>
> There's that green color again. last time it was lime
> green. He probably saw something, but which direction
> he saw it fall is another question.
>
> good hunting,
> Ed