Geminid Fireball Meteor
Taken by Brian Emfinger on December 13, 2012 @
Mount Magazine State Park, Arkansas, USA
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I went up on Mount Magazine (highest point in Arkansas) last night and shot all night long. The rates were quite high and after midnight or so there was hardly ever more than a few minutes between meteors and several flurries of them at the same time. It was a very impressive display! One of the best of any meteor shower Ive seen. The star of the night was a spectacular Geminid Fireball that fell to my NW around 1:08am/7:08Z. The meteor is streaking down right over the lights of Fort Smith, AR. I was asleep trying to stay warm in the car when this happened. A few moments later a friend called (who was another 70 miles to the NE and away from the meteor) and asked if I had seen anything because he saw what looked like flashes of lightning to the NW. Im guessing this is on the order of -10 to -15? I caught several other nice meteors as well.
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