As i mentioned above this one probably had some barium in it because it burned so green... but washed out a bit so anything like titanium or magnesium might have been in there too...
If you ever get the chance during the peaks to get in a boat in the middle of one of the great lakes... or way out on the open ocean... it's amazing how much detail you can see on each that comes in.
One year we saw one come in at a really flat angle, it must have been huge because it streaked from one end of the horizon to the other burning bright red the entire way with tons of thick blobs of orange/gold flakes flittering behind it...
You get out that far and you can actually hear the real big ones even if they are way up there.
I live in New Brunswick and we have a couple Bortle1 sites here, one is barely an hour from my home. It IS truly amazing to get to see the night skies like that. I highly, highly recommend anyone with even a slight interest in astronomy to go to a dark site - it'll change your entire perspective.
Never got to hear a meteor but once we got a Northern Lights show that we could hear. Sounds like faint crumpling of paper, really cool.
it really makes you understand how all those ancient civilizations were so tied to astronomy and sky watching... it wasn't just because there was nothing else to watch... it gives you a whole new feeling about your place in the universe.
i've seen all sorts of things that are hard to explain, thats cool too, but watching meteor showers is one of my favorite things to do.
oh yes lol Can't go stargazing without a few puffs. I agree on the ancients as well, they would've got to see the night skies with zero light pollution.
Something about seeing the Milky Way, right there with your own eyes is humbling to say the least. Just a geek note here :
At a Bortle 1 or 0 site, on a clear moonless night, the Milky Way can actually put a shadow on the ground. One of the sites we go to, we have permission from the farmer to go there. It's a wide open, full horizon view as far as you can see. We've got to witness the Milky Way shadow a few times from that spot. Just amazing.
one of the things i always enjoyed doing was taking people out on the lake to see the stars... you could see them get a little overwhelmed at seeing the stars for the first time and it wasn't even as clear as you're talking.
out on the lake it's very nice, but you still get some light pollution from shore... would be nice to get up there one of these days and see the northern lights. this far south i've only gotten to see hints of it during massive flares.
Thanks for jumping in with that...
I too am a nerd.
As i mentioned above this one probably had some barium in it because it burned so green... but washed out a bit so anything like titanium or magnesium might have been in there too...
If you ever get the chance during the peaks to get in a boat in the middle of one of the great lakes... or way out on the open ocean... it's amazing how much detail you can see on each that comes in.
One year we saw one come in at a really flat angle, it must have been huge because it streaked from one end of the horizon to the other burning bright red the entire way with tons of thick blobs of orange/gold flakes flittering behind it...
You get out that far and you can actually hear the real big ones even if they are way up there.
It's a surreal experience.
I live in New Brunswick and we have a couple Bortle1 sites here, one is barely an hour from my home. It IS truly amazing to get to see the night skies like that. I highly, highly recommend anyone with even a slight interest in astronomy to go to a dark site - it'll change your entire perspective.
Never got to hear a meteor but once we got a Northern Lights show that we could hear. Sounds like faint crumpling of paper, really cool.
yeah you've got great viewing up there for sure.
it really makes you understand how all those ancient civilizations were so tied to astronomy and sky watching... it wasn't just because there was nothing else to watch... it gives you a whole new feeling about your place in the universe.
i've seen all sorts of things that are hard to explain, thats cool too, but watching meteor showers is one of my favorite things to do.
especially after a nice joint.
oh yes lol Can't go stargazing without a few puffs. I agree on the ancients as well, they would've got to see the night skies with zero light pollution.
Something about seeing the Milky Way, right there with your own eyes is humbling to say the least. Just a geek note here :
At a Bortle 1 or 0 site, on a clear moonless night, the Milky Way can actually put a shadow on the ground. One of the sites we go to, we have permission from the farmer to go there. It's a wide open, full horizon view as far as you can see. We've got to witness the Milky Way shadow a few times from that spot. Just amazing.
yeah thats cool... i'm jealous.
one of the things i always enjoyed doing was taking people out on the lake to see the stars... you could see them get a little overwhelmed at seeing the stars for the first time and it wasn't even as clear as you're talking.
out on the lake it's very nice, but you still get some light pollution from shore... would be nice to get up there one of these days and see the northern lights. this far south i've only gotten to see hints of it during massive flares.