[meteorite-list] re meteor photo

[Paul Harris]

Hi Jeff and Chris,

My vote is for a jet contrail too.  I think my images show the jets 2 
contrails quickly merging into one before evaporating. I should also not 
reply to emails while watching Meteor Crater on the History Channel...

http://www.birdwalking.ca/pblog/  <--original image

http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg
http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg

Paul




Paul Harris wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I took Pete's idea of doing a closeup and then did some image 
> processing as shown in the links below.
>
> From the images it appears to have a less dense area right behind the 
> head. Like viewing the Ring Nebula where the edges appear more dense 
> than the middle.
>
> If an object is of sufficient size, shouldn't it produce an open 
> channel right behind it for a short length?
> And, would a jet engine also be able to create this channel? (I don't 
> have a clue...)
>
> Image 1 - Convert to B/W then Inverted
> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg
>
> Image 2 - Emboss of above image
> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul