[meteorite-list] O/T Red Texas night sky

From: brian burrer <brimane_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:18:53 -0500
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In 1983 I was eastbound out of Austin,TX on a winter's night. As I
left the city's light halo I began to notice a pulsing pink/orange
light stretching for miles above the eastern horizon. As I advanced
for the next 30 miles the light became brighter and higher in the sky
and the flicker became more noticeable. I then realized I was viewing
the undersides of high cirrus clouds reflecting the burning of natural
gas flares at newly completed oilwells. That portion of the state was
in the midst of an oil boom and scores of new wells added their glow
to a most unusual night ride- I couldn't help but think of Dante and
some inferno about which he opined...

Happy hunting,
Brian
Received on Tue 25 Oct 2011 12:18:53 PM PDT