Meteor fireball, smoke trail, and the Pleiades

Posted by AASTARMAN
on Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Images taken from Long Island, New York, on 9-1-11, 2:48 and 2:48 am. Canon 30D with a Canon 200mm f/2.8 at f/2.8. ISO 3200. Exposure 1 sec, 1 sec between images. This is a fireball meteor with a subsequent smoke trail that followed. Notice the green of the fireball, and  the smoke trail.

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