Daylight meteor observation

[hexsion]

While I was on my way back to camp with a few fellow troopers in kuwait not too long ago, we saw a shooting star, to our amazement, rip accross the sky. The size of it was incredible, and it lasted I think 5-6 seconds before burning up. The smoke trail left behind lingered for hours until night fell. This had been my first daylight observation of a meteor, and I was just curious as to what the odds of seeing something like this durring day light hours were.

 

[qso1]

A lot lower than seeing one during the night. The most famous one I recall seeing in daylight was one documented in 1972 by someone with a movie camera.<br /><br />The one you saw must not have been all that far off with a smoke trail visible for that length of time. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

Wow! That sounds awesome! You and your friends are very very lucky. Most people will never see a daylight meteor. They certainly occur, but only the rare large ones will be visible in all the daytime glare.<br /><br />Treasure the memory, and mention it often to space geeks. You will get much cred from a sighting like that. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Indeed very lucky. I have never seen a daytime meteor before, but I have seen Venus & Jupiter in full daylight before on several occassions with my own eyes, seen Arcturus & Aldebaran through a small telescope during the daytime (orange dots in the blue sky, plus Mars & Saturn before), but never a daytime meteor. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[fatal291]

where do you live

 

[MeteorWayne]

I have to at least ask, are you sure it was not some kind or ordnance? I assume you would be able to tell from experience, but what makes you sure it was a meteor?<br />Second, did you hear any sounds? it could be up to several minutes.<br />Finally, do you know what day and time it was? We can check fireball databases to see if it matches any others observed.<br /><br />MeteorWayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[hexsion]

first, at the time I was stationed in Kuwait. <br />Yes, I'm absoulutely positive it wasent any sort of military ordnance. We were in a buss at the time of the sighting. Kuwait is very, very flat and open and our buss just so happend to be traveling in the right direction to view it, so no, we didnt hear any sounds. It was about oh.. 5pm when it occured. hope that helps!

 

[MeteorWayne]

Any idea of the date?<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[hexsion]

oh geeze... that would be helpful. <br />I want to say the 17th. but I think it could have been anywhere from the 14th-20th. Time looses all meaning here in the desert.

 

[docm]

Nothing to do with the meteor;<br /><br /><b>Thank you</b> for your sacrifices and d**n hard work.<br /><br />Doc <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[nova_explored]

<br /><font color="yellow">Thank you for your sacrifices and d**n hard work</font><br /><br />second that.<br /><br />have a younger brother that arrived back in Kuwait for a second tour (Army Engineering corp- 501st). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[tom_hobbes]

Saw a daylight meteor in the eighties in Warrington, UK. It was a large bright ball of fire which streaked all the way down the sky and over the horizon from a starting point of about 35 degrees off zenith, heading in the direction of the Irish sea. In all probability it was much further away than that and if it reached ground level at all, it did so over the Atlantic, leaving a dense smoke trail behind (looked nothing like a vapour trail). A very impressive sight. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[hexsion]

yeah, thats about what it looked like. <br /><br />And thanks guys, I appreciate it.