So the title may be a bit confusing, but I'll explain - this may be the coolest thing in my 'blog so far.
The other night, Saturday, February 16th, my girlfriend and I went dancing. While driving on State Street, we saw the most spectacular meteorite I have ever seen. I have always enjoyed watching meteor showers, but I have never seen anything like this.
It happened like this - we were driving north at about 9:15 PM, when without warning, we saw a big green fireball fall from the sky. When it first appeared, I leaned forward and looked up through her windshield to see if perhaps the fireball was actually a large spark from a stray (illegal) firework, but there was no smoke or any other evidence of recently launched fireworks in the area.
We watched the dart fall for 2 to 3 seconds before it fizzled and disappeared 5 or 10 degrees above the horizon. Not sure what I was seeing, several thoughts crammed their way through my mind at once - it's a bird, it's a plane, and IT'S SUPERMAN!!! or something like that. Actually, my thoughts were 1) a stray firework, 2) debris from an airplane collision, 3) an exploding power transformer on a nearby telephone pole, and 4) Armegeddon! I'm only half joking on that one; one thought was, if that thing hits us, we die. Not a cause for panic, just a casual observance.
My girlfriend got really excited and asked me if I had seen what she saw, and I replied that I had. We talked for a while about what it could have been, than determined that it was a meteorite. It was shaped like a meteorite, it travelled in a straight path, it disappeared before hitting the horizon, and it was going faster than any of our other explanations (firework, plane, or exploding power transformer) and it was silent so it must have been a few miles away. I plan on searching online to see if anyone else saw or reported it, but I am confident enough to say that I saw the coolest meteorite I've ever seen or heard of.
Sorry about the dangling preposition above this line!
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You know you are supposed to make a wish on a shooting star. What did you and your girlfriend wish for anyway? Never mind, you're not allowed to tell what your wish is because then it doesn't come true.
WHAT!!! thats way cool. i have no idea what a meteorite looks like and have definately never seen one. so pretty much that is a great story!
That is awesome. Speaking of astronomical phenomenon, did you hear that there’s a lunar eclipse tonight?
Wow that sounds amazing! I have always wanted to see a meteorite!
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