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  1. KingCheetah

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    Meteorite 'photographed' hitting Earth

    By Nigel Adlam

    NORTHERN Territory scientists were last night studying what could be the first photograph of a meteorite hitting Earth.

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    The chances of an impact being captured on film are millions to one.

    "If this is true, it's one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken," astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said yesterday.

    The photograph was taken by keen amateur photographer Wayne Pryde as he stood near the Darwin Cenotaph on The Esplanade and looked down to Fort Hill Wharf on Monday evening.

    The meteorite, which could have been as small as a grain of sand, would have been travelling about 30,000km/h.

    Mr Pryde believes a tiny piece of space rock hit the top of a 20m lamp post on the wharf.

    He said the explosion on impact could be seen clearly in the photograph.

    The "tube" created by the meteorite as it hurtled towards Earth is harder to pick out.

    "I was taking a series of time-lapse pictures of the build-up of clouds," Mr Pryde said.

    "I did not realise I had snapped the meteorite until later."

    The wharf lamp bulb was yesterday found to be blown but the top of the post will not be checked for damage until today.

    Experts believe the meteorite may not have hit the lamp post, but metal elsewhere on the wharf.

    Mr Pryde, 31, is an IT expert but he denied the photograph had been digitally altered.

    Photographic experts also said the shot had not been doctored.

    Mr Carr, who teaches at Charles Darwin University, said the picture would create interest among astronomers worldwide.

    He said most of the thousands of meteors heading towards Earth burnt up before landing.

    "Nobody has ever photographed one hitting Earth," he said.

    Mr Carr said the explosion could have been caused by lightning.

    "But I doubt this very much - the trajectory is too straight," he said.

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    #1 KingCheetah, Nov 24, 2004
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    I don't see it.
     
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    Another photographer was also in the area and was able to get a better shot of the meteorite "tube"...and upon further review, it was established that this was not a real meteorite...you be the judge...

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    #3 boomboom, Nov 24, 2004
  4. Harrisment

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    You can see the "tube" it created in the first picture. Look for a faint black line in the sky, angled from the impact point.
     
    #4 Harrisment, Nov 24, 2004
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    Well that was disappointing.
     
    #5 Mulder, Nov 24, 2004
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    Bruce Willis let us down.
     
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    Axis of Evil begins a Rock fight.
     
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  8. Christopher

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    As an Australian this really does scare me.

    Hollywood had me thinking that world ending events like this only happened in the U.S. :D
     
    #8 Christopher, Nov 24, 2004
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    According to movies...

    Bad thing only happen to New York, L.A. and Paris...especially right around the Eiffel Tower.

    Seems like that thing is always being smashed.
     
    #9 Supermac34, Nov 24, 2004
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    Then again.....there was that great disaster filmed in Australia a few years ago.

    Mission Impossible 2!
     
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  11. Jeff

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    I've got a better picture of a metor hitting earth...

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    #11 Jeff, Nov 24, 2004
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    WOW Jeff that is so much more impressive than the first shot. ;)
     
    #12 VooDooPope, Nov 24, 2004
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    Meteorite, Jeff, meteorite. Come on now.... :D
     
    #13 meggoleggo, Nov 24, 2004
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    Nobody will believe me on this one, but around 10 years ago during a meteor shower, I was at a friends house around dusk. We were outside and tiny meteorites seemed to be whizzing by our heads, it was crazy. We both saw them like we could hold out hands out and catch them, they were like fireflies.

    It is also awesome to see meteorites on a moonless, cloudless night out in the country where you can see their fire and smoke trails.
     
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    Gotta lay off that LSD you know. Kinda makes your offspring goofy looking.

    (*Bonus points for anyone who names the band this quote if from*)
     
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    GWAR!!! :D
     
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    Actually, that's pretty f'ing amazing if true. Imagine if that'd been someone's head instead of a lamp post.

    In any case, it's also a million-to-one shot. I hope that photographer went and played the lotto later that night.
     
    #17 Coach AI, Nov 24, 2004
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    WOW. Never underestimate the knowledge of the BBS members. :D
     
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    doc...

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