Video of the day
posted at 11:38 pm on December 15, 2007 by Bryan
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The Geminid meteor shower, captured over Arizona. Click on the image to play.
A meteor may have struck the International Space Station.
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Geminids not Germinid.
slp on December 15, 2007 at 11:54 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Mr. Vicepresidentalgore! Save us! Only u no how to save the planet!
RushBaby on December 15, 2007 at 11:57 PM
I used to spread a blanket and stay awake for hours watching Persiads, but I don’t remember ever seeing a shower with trails so close as that shown above. Pretty cool.
Connie on December 16, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Neat-O!
Yep, Algore would say the shower is due to global warming. No brainer. Everything is George Bush’s fault, don’t you know?!
Can the meteoroids be charged with “Hit & Run”? Silky will take the case, I’m sure. He can hear their voices.
SouthernPride on December 16, 2007 at 12:18 AM
nowhere else to view this video? I was getting a browser error
urbancenturion on December 16, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Bryan stay away from the brown acid, man.
sonnyspats1 on December 16, 2007 at 12:37 AM
“The fleet is taking a beating sir!”
TBinSTL on December 16, 2007 at 1:10 AM
Oh man, so much for Fed Ex tomorrow.
Speakup on December 16, 2007 at 1:12 AM
We watched the meteor shower the other night. It was sparse, but spectacular. About 4 good ones per hour, with lots of small streaks.
Bryan, your vid looks like something much larger than a meteor shower. It looks more like some space junk breaking up in the upper atmosphere.
Mele Kalikimaka!
Kini on December 16, 2007 at 1:13 AM
I hope the ISS is safe. NASA watches that stuff closely, but I’m sure it not the first hit.
Kini on December 16, 2007 at 1:17 AM
Today is a good day to die. Ramming speed!
lorien1973 on December 16, 2007 at 2:50 AM
“Yipes, Mr. Chekhov, I told you to set those phasers on STUN!”
Always Right on December 16, 2007 at 4:37 AM
In my 59 yrs I’ve seen some spectactular meteor showers but this one takes the cake. I’ve never seen that concentration of meteors before.
Helloyawl on December 16, 2007 at 5:58 AM
As a city boy for most of my life, I’ve only seen a handful of meteors, mostly in recent years after moving to a more rural part of Virginia. But I got really lucky a few years back.
I was on a flight to the west coast and we had just started the descent into San Fran, so we were still above 30,000 feet. I was in a window seat, and happened to look out the window just as a meteor entered the atmosphere…amazing.
flipflop on December 16, 2007 at 6:27 AM
Having come from planet Goreon to
enslavesave earth, I can tell you first hand that my own entry into Earth’s polluted atmosphere was a true sight to behold.The Alpha Gore
Rod on December 16, 2007 at 6:40 AM
That is why we will never have long range space travel.
It’s like driving in Houston, there are too many ladders and igloo coolers on the road.
try hitting one of those at tachyon speeds.
TheSitRep on December 16, 2007 at 8:58 AM
There aren’t 4 people on that space station are there?
tomas on December 16, 2007 at 9:36 AM
I saw something nearly exactly like that awhile back over Colorado. Turned out to be space junk coming in. Last week at dusk I saw something large come in that had a nice greenish glow to it. Was very impressive. I’m with Kini, it does look a lot like space junk.
boomer on December 16, 2007 at 9:48 AM
You mean like we’ll never fly? Never travel the ocean depths, That kind of never. Never is a long time and there’s a lot of empty space in…space.
Oldnuke on December 16, 2007 at 9:53 AM
It’s impossible to get that kind of video at night. I’ll bet it was amazing to see it live.
Mojave Mark on December 16, 2007 at 9:55 AM
Here on the east coast, nothing but clouds and rain, making meteor viewing impossible. And I’m relatively lucky because some areas are getting ice or snow (or that dreaded “wintry mix”).
I’m soooooo jealous of you out in the western deserts with your clear skies. Oh well, at least I got to see the Milky Way from Idaho last summer.
Bigfoot on December 16, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Man it sure is a good thing that we got the super sekret base on the moon to shoot down those alien invaders…
doriangrey on December 16, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Is this available anywhere else? Yahoo News Blows.
heldmyw on December 16, 2007 at 1:03 PM
Kini on December 16, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Space junk killed my baby!
DEVO
ronsfi on December 16, 2007 at 2:19 PM
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