[meteorite-list] re meteor photo

From: Paul Harris <paul_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 23:10:35 -0700
Message-ID: <482FC85B.8020100_at_meteorite.com>

Hi Jeff and Chris,

My vote is for a jet contrail too. I think my images show the jets 2
contrails quickly merging into one before evaporating. I should also not
reply to emails while watching Meteor Crater on the History Channel...

http://www.birdwalking.ca/pblog/ <--original image

http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg
http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg

Paul




Paul Harris wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I took Pete's idea of doing a closeup and then did some image
> processing as shown in the links below.
>
> From the images it appears to have a less dense area right behind the
> head. Like viewing the Ring Nebula where the edges appear more dense
> than the middle.
>
> If an object is of sufficient size, shouldn't it produce an open
> channel right behind it for a short length?
> And, would a jet engine also be able to create this channel? (I don't
> have a clue...)
>
> Image 1 - Convert to B/W then Inverted
> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg
>
> Image 2 - Emboss of above image
> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
Received on Sun 18 May 2008 02:10:35 AM PDT