Bright Meteor Joburg

[Aquila ka Hecate]

I have just seen a very bright meteor streaking through the sky over Sandton.

Did anyone else see it?

 

[Solitude]

I have just seen a very bright meteor streaking through the sky over Sandton.

Did anyone else see it?

Aw unfortunately not. Have been sitting in front of a computer the whole day.

 

[Zophos]

Sure it was a meteor and not a spy satellite burning up....

But no, did not see it from Cresta side.

 

[DanDango]

 

[RaptorSA]

I'm in Sandton and was on my smoke break but didn't see it.
Damn concrete jungle

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Aw unfortunately not. Have been sitting in front of a computer the whole day.

Me too, but smokers get the privilege of freezing their arses off at selected points during the day - and seeing the sky.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Sure it was a meteor and not a spy satellite burning up....

But no, did not see it from Cresta side.

Might not have been a meteor. It was bright green. I've seen thousands and thousands of meteors, but never one in the daylight. So could've been junk.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

View attachment 536099

Shirt. I wish. Hopefully aliens intent on destruction of the human race.

 

[UrBaN963]

Shirt. I wish. Hopefully aliens intent on destruction of the human race.

Charming.

Hopefully one of the news stations or something picks it up.

 

[grok]

Might not have been a meteor. It was bright green. I've seen thousands and thousands of meteors, but never one in the daylight. So could've been junk.

Maybe it was an organic meteorite?

 

[DanDango]

Shirt. I wish. Hopefully aliens intent on destruction of the human race.

Nope! Aliens only interested in their favorite pass time ''Game of Probes''.

 

[RaptorSA]

Might not have been a meteor. It was bright green. I've seen thousands and thousands of meteors, but never one in the daylight. So could've been junk.

Sounds pretty meteor-ish to me:
Why do meteors have a greenish color?
"These molecules emit light at green wavelengths, and can be bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. ... The most common metallic meteors are iron-nickel, so green is a common color."

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Sounds pretty meteor-ish to me:
Why do meteors have a greenish color?
"These molecules emit light at green wavelengths, and can be bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. ... The most common metallic meteors are iron-nickel, so green is a common color."

Thanks, RaptorSA - I was beginning to doubt my own eyes.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Ford Meteor?

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Ford Meteor?

More likely to have been Ford Prefect.

 

[SaiyanZ]

Can't find anything yet with a few google searches. Only reference is this thread.

 

[Suspect99]

Are you sure it was a cigarette you were smoking?

 

[Ninja'd]

Sure it was a meteor and not a spy satellite burning up....

But no, did not see it from Cresta side.

Shirt. I wish. Hopefully aliens intent on destruction of the human race.

Hear me out. What if Elon Musk hates South Africa so much that when he emigrated he decided he'll start an aerospace company and launch rockets and satellites into space and when no longer in use, he'll bombard the country that tortured him so with space debris?

 

[Ninja'd]

Are you sure it was a cigarette you were smoking?

Hookah

 

[Zophos]

Hear me out. What if Elon Musk hates South Africa so much that when he emigrated he decided he'll start an aerospace company and launch rockets and satellites into space and when no longer in use, he'll bombard the country that tortured him so with space debris?

I wanted to recommend a tinfoil hat, but with all the space debris that will be coming our way, maybe we should invest in a Kevlar helmet covered in tinfoil?