[meteorite-list] Dumb Questions About Meteors & Meteorites

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>If this is the continued  incandescence why is the "trail" not straight? 
Was the meteoroid still  "glowing" hot thereby producing a visible light 
bright enough to be picked  up by the camera?<<

In that area, the meteor probably wasn't bright  enuf, for long enuf to be 
exposed in your camera. The lingering ionized train  will have a longer time 
for exposure and show up without a meteor trails  apparent presence. Your 
crooked trail appears to me to be the beginning of the  ionized train 
distorting with the high altitude winds. As the train twists and  turns, brighter 
spots presents itself for exposure...thus appearing crooked.  This is 
something I had expected to see in Hankeys photograph, but  don't.
GeoZay