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12-11-2014, 09:53 AM
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Last night at 11:41pm, I was on my balcony in Carlingford looking over the Sydney basin, where I saw the cloud cover above me turn bright green for about one second. Then within 3 seconds it did it again, followed by two large "boom" noises (sonic booms). Anyone else hear and or see it?
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12-11-2014, 11:25 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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wrong state sadly, mmm interesting though, dunno if its true or not , but i read somewhere recently that we may be moving into an area of space in the next few years that may give rise to a bit more comet action, could be bs though .
did you see it hit the ground ? i wonder if it was a bit of space junk falling back to earth? i saw one on a clear night come out of the sky years ago as i was heading south a few k`s outa horsham/vic in the truck, watched a comet with a fiery tail land somewhere in the distance off to my left, hard to judge the distance , it could have been 2 k`s or 20, very exciting stuff. |
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12-11-2014, 11:37 AM
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Didn't see it coming, didn't see it hit. The cloud base was around 3000 feet and it was fully overcast, I only saw all the cloud go bright green twice within a couple of seconds and then the two loud boom noises. Car alarms went off and dogs started barking. I dare say that the noises would have been the percussive sound waves of the meteors going so fast, as I have heard nothing about any kind of damage.
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12-11-2014, 01:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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awesome, must have been a decent size, have to watch a the news tonight see if it gets a mention.
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12-11-2014, 02:09 PM
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Could have been lightening, have seen this before where clouds light up with different colours.
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12-11-2014, 03:11 PM
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12-11-2014, 04:37 PM
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would be a great photo opportunity wish I was closer
some of the rock from Meteors are worth big money if you find one
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12-11-2014, 05:09 PM
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I remember seeing a similar incident on freeway one night a few years back. Got online to do a search and found a site that has a section to report any sightings.
I was the first to report what I saw (that night) and in the morning I noticed a few more people had seen the same meteor. Mine was pretty big too, amazing to observe when the sky is pitch black and clear.
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12-11-2014, 06:25 PM
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Never been lucky enough to see one, but I did see a video in Russia where all these office workers were waiting for a meteor shower. All they got was a shower of glass in the face as the meteor smashed the sound-barrier as it past their building.
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13-11-2014, 12:31 AM
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yeah saw that one on the tube, would i be wimpy if i said i really would not wanna see that one too close
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13-11-2014, 02:14 AM
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Nah didn't hear of it or hear it etc
Cool though Sent via HTC Velocity + [HolicsROM v1.3] [SWEEP2WAKE]
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14-11-2014, 02:40 AM
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did we hear any more about the comet? i missed the news ?
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