elfbrewery
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Red object in the sky
Did anyone see that red object glide across the sky with a bright tail all the way to the horizon this morning before 6a.m. It was the most
spectacular thing I've ever seen in the sky (except maybe a solar eclipse...).
Was it a meteor??
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David K
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With Space X, Boeing, and Nasa all launching stuff now. anything is possible. When you say "glide," was it slow and steady or a quick streak? Meteors
are pretty quick, like 1-3 seconds. Satellites and rocket launches are steady but move along and you can follow them for several seconds to a minute
or more.
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Where did you view it from?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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I witnessed it over here on the mainland. IT WAS SPECTACULAR !!!
Very likely, it was the re-entry of the Boeing Starliner, as it headed for the NM desert. The timing was about right. It landed at 0558 MST. I
witnessed it around 0550 or maybe a bit before. I also heard the sonic boom that lasted for about 10-15 seconds.
It seemed to break up near the horizon. But after the articles I read today, they were simply jettisoning unneeded stuff for the re-entry. The glowing
contrail was probably the re-entry boosters used to take it out of orbit.
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David K
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That sounds so cool!!!
All cloudy here in San Diego County, so even if I was up and outside... No see!
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elfbrewery
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It went over faster than the ISS, but still took maybe a minute to cross the sky. I saw it around 5:55 (mas o menos) from Bahia Concepcion. The boom
was very brief and soft sounding, but I think I felt it the boom as well.
Thanks for clearing that up!
Cheers!
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Maybe Santa was checking his new sled out!
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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Marc
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Some pictures maybe??
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Merry Christmas and you asked for them.
This is the real red object that appeared in the sky with Jihad Joe's demise the other day.
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That monkey has spent a lot of time on a dirt bike. Yikes!
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Dude, it was 6:00am, very unlikely you guys in San Carlos had barley made it to bed of a couple of hours. Even mid-night pickle ball guys fade
quickly.
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Dude, to be fishing on the water before sunrise, you gotta get up early!
I was actually walking coffee grounds out to the compost bin, in advance of fishing for YT, when I looked up and sawr it.
I am down right now for PB, with a bad wrist. I CAN'T STAY OFF THIS DAMN EBIKE, ON THE SINGLE TRACK ROUTES AROUND HERE !! Keep wrenching the wrist.
But fishing is actually no problem. The left had does all the lifting.
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