Meteor trails

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From: Ian Bleakney (bleekers@ousd.k12.ca.us)
Date: Sun Nov 18 2001 - 12:55:15 PST 

Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:55:15 -0800
From: Ian Bleakney <bleekers@ousd.k12.ca.us>
Subject: Meteor trails
Message-id: <3BF82033.7679F21F@ousd.k12.ca.us>

Hello Pinholers!

As I was watching the meteor shower last night from a dark spot out near
Livermore (Wow!) I noticed an interesting phenomena. Some meteors left
very dramatic trails that hung around for a second or more. Each meteor
left a trail that appeared to fade from the ends first. The very last
part of the trail to fade away to darkness was the middle. Is there an
established reason for this or was I just seeing things?

Ian 

--
 "There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for. "
(Albert Camus)

"In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get
killed. "
(Eduardo Galeano)

Ian Bleakney
Science Instructor
Merritt Middle College High School
Oakland, CA

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