i happened to witness this meteor from a trail near logan pass in glacier national park. everyone thought it was a plane crashing. it was spinning as it went over and it made a sizzling sound. my mom snapped a photo of it just after it passed over. next time i see her i am going to try and get the photo. that day was an experience i will never forget.
@PhoenixBlue23 " ... it made a sizzling sound." Come on, Phoenix Blue. :) I've read numerous eyewitness accounts of the event. Many of them commented on the perfect SILENCE that accompanied the fireball's flight. Perhaps your imagination has supplied a soundtrack? (no offense)
@pnutbutrncrackers Perhaps it is because they weren't on a trail at an elevation of 7000' and directly below the meteor. The other 4 members of my family had the same experience and heard the same sound as I. No sonic boom, just a sizzling sound.
@PhoenixBlue23 I appreciate your response to my comment, and your not flaming me with profanities.
First of all, I readily admit that I am no expert on such phenomena, and would like to talk to those that are. As far as your elevation, I do know that some of the witnesses were right around Jackson Lake (WY), which sits at nearly 6,800 ft. (only a couple hundred feet lower than you and your party were). Firsthand reports in Sky & Telescope magazine spoke of its being noiseless. (??)
Addendum: I don't know if being positioned directly underneath the object, as you say, could make a difference or not. Are you positive it was this same event, and not some other similar celestial occurrence?
Cool that you had that experience. Wish I could've. No doubt unforgettable, and something to tell your children and grandchildren about.
@pnutbutrncrackers And yes, I'm sure it was the same event. August 10, 1972 at approx 2:30 pm. If you would like to see the photo, let me know your email and I would gladly send it to you.
@pnutbutrncrackers This is from the American Meteor Society webpage -Another form of sound frequently reported with bright fireballs is “electrophonic” sound, which occurs coincidentally with the visible fireball. The reported sounds range from hissing static, to sizzling, to popping sounds. Often, the witness of such sounds is located near some metal object when the fireball occurs.
@PhoenixBlue23 Interesting -- that 'electrophonic' stuff. Leads me to believe you guys actually did hear the sizzling you thought you did. If so, you were even more fortunate than many others on that day, since your experience included an auditory dimension.
I would very much like to see your mom's photo, if you'd be nice enough to send it over. I'll try to msg. my email address to you in your inbox. Thanks!
@pnutbutrncrackers First of all, I would never flame you with profanities. I appreciate and listen to the views of others.
I've seen the video taken from Jackson Lake, and the meteor isn't directly overhead. Our experience on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park was of the meteor flying almost directly overhead. I have a photo that my mother took of the smoke trail immediately after the fireball went over. She was too busy watching the meteor and didn't snap a photo as it went over.
14 meters is large enough to cause a huge explosion if it airbursted. The meteoroid that caused the tunguska event was probably not much larger.
A stony meteoroid of about 10 metres (30 ft) in diameter can produce an explosion of around 20 kilotons, similar to that of the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
yes that is true , the current estimate of size of this object was anywhere from a large automobile to a medium sized house . most objects of that size range however would explode or break up before making impact . it is likely that on the larger size estimate it may have caused a Tunguska type event and that would easily devastate a small city .... actually that would wipe out a major city of the size of chicago easily. wiki "Impact_event" for more info
Wow.....wipe out a city size of Chicago? That may be stretching it. I remember seeing a documentary on Tunguska and it said it flattened trees for 25 square miles so I dont think that could wipe out Chicago (although still a lot of damage).
What is the estimated velocity on the Teton fireball ??
actually it exploded with aforce of 10-15 megatons of tnt which was 1000x as powerful as hiroshama. trees were laid down over 830 sq miles or 2153 sq km, registering around 5.0 on the richter scale . this would easily destroy a citty of Chicago's size . mainly by the force of the pressure wave . I have not seen any estimates on the Teton event , however most smaller meteriods enter earths atmosphere at more than 10km/sec or 6 miles/sec or 21,600 mph . Larger can reach 20-50 km/ sec
Oh shit......you are correct......Tunguska was much larger than I thought.......it could've wiped out Chicago.......but I couldnt find any mention of how large the Tunguska meteor was to compare to the Teton fireball ??
Next time a Republican opens his mouth to say something stupid about the economy, think of nature and the real shit which is so much more awesome than equalizing the stupid fucking budget.
Nature is really out there and we depend on her: We ARE nature, nature IS us.
Stop spending time on work we don't want to do for shit we don't need!
WIKIPEDIA... "The object was in the range of size from a car to a house and should have ended its life in a Hiroshima-sized blast, but there was never any explosion, much less a crater. Analysis of the trajectory indicated that it never came much lower than 58 kilometers off the ground, and the conclusion was that it had grazed Earth's atmosphere for about 100 seconds, then skipped back out of the atmosphere to return to its orbit around the Sun.".
no, it would've been an explosion 1000 times more powerful than the most powerful nuclear weaopon ever detonated...a soviet hydrogen bomb which is 10 times more powerful than hiroshima, nagasaki, and all bombs detonated in WWII combined. So yes, it would've affected us a lot. 6 hours earlier that day, the earth was in the trajectory of that meteor.
The meteor is 36 miles high in the atmosphere and this is indeed a sobering thing to see.
Humanity is right on the cusp of spacetravel being commonplace so if the nations of the earth take asteroid detection more seriously, and the technology to possibly detect them. As it is humanity will probably beat the asteroids to the punch to destroy the Earth.
that information was right about a hiroshima type blast if it struck the earth. However like the fireball at 1908 above Sibera which leveled the forest and land below and killed thousands of reindeer. Which was interesting is that "Analysis of the trajectory indicated that it never came much lower than 58 kilometers off the ground". It grazed Earth's the atmosphere for 100 seconds, then skipped back out of the atmosphere to return to its orbit around the Sun."
This meteor was supposed to have ended its life in a hiroshima-like blast, but it never hit the ground, it continued to fly 58km above the ground before going back into its orbit around the sun. [wikipedia]
I wish Mariesa van Huyten were real.
BlueReckless 7 months ago
You know what's odd? I just did a physics problem concerning this asteroid and the calculation came out to 8.2 Hiroshima's.
Perhaps the numbers are a little off, but that's still a frightening thought.
OrangeFlubb 1 year ago
i happened to witness this meteor from a trail near logan pass in glacier national park. everyone thought it was a plane crashing. it was spinning as it went over and it made a sizzling sound. my mom snapped a photo of it just after it passed over. next time i see her i am going to try and get the photo. that day was an experience i will never forget.
PhoenixBlue23 1 year ago
@PhoenixBlue23 " ... it made a sizzling sound." Come on, Phoenix Blue. :) I've read numerous eyewitness accounts of the event. Many of them commented on the perfect SILENCE that accompanied the fireball's flight. Perhaps your imagination has supplied a soundtrack? (no offense)
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers Perhaps it is because they weren't on a trail at an elevation of 7000' and directly below the meteor. The other 4 members of my family had the same experience and heard the same sound as I. No sonic boom, just a sizzling sound.
PhoenixBlue23 1 year ago
@PhoenixBlue23 I appreciate your response to my comment, and your not flaming me with profanities.
First of all, I readily admit that I am no expert on such phenomena, and would like to talk to those that are. As far as your elevation, I do know that some of the witnesses were right around Jackson Lake (WY), which sits at nearly 6,800 ft. (only a couple hundred feet lower than you and your party were). Firsthand reports in Sky & Telescope magazine spoke of its being noiseless. (??)
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
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pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers
Addendum: I don't know if being positioned directly underneath the object, as you say, could make a difference or not. Are you positive it was this same event, and not some other similar celestial occurrence?
Cool that you had that experience. Wish I could've. No doubt unforgettable, and something to tell your children and grandchildren about.
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers And yes, I'm sure it was the same event. August 10, 1972 at approx 2:30 pm. If you would like to see the photo, let me know your email and I would gladly send it to you.
PhoenixBlue23 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers This is from the American Meteor Society webpage -Another form of sound frequently reported with bright fireballs is “electrophonic” sound, which occurs coincidentally with the visible fireball. The reported sounds range from hissing static, to sizzling, to popping sounds. Often, the witness of such sounds is located near some metal object when the fireball occurs.
PhoenixBlue23 1 year ago
@PhoenixBlue23 Interesting -- that 'electrophonic' stuff. Leads me to believe you guys actually did hear the sizzling you thought you did. If so, you were even more fortunate than many others on that day, since your experience included an auditory dimension.
I would very much like to see your mom's photo, if you'd be nice enough to send it over. I'll try to msg. my email address to you in your inbox. Thanks!
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers First of all, I would never flame you with profanities. I appreciate and listen to the views of others.
I've seen the video taken from Jackson Lake, and the meteor isn't directly overhead. Our experience on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park was of the meteor flying almost directly overhead. I have a photo that my mother took of the smoke trail immediately after the fireball went over. She was too busy watching the meteor and didn't snap a photo as it went over.
PhoenixBlue23 1 year ago
DAMN what would i give to have seen this myself!!
JiS01 1 year ago
14 meters is large enough to cause a huge explosion if it airbursted. The meteoroid that caused the tunguska event was probably not much larger.
A stony meteoroid of about 10 metres (30 ft) in diameter can produce an explosion of around 20 kilotons, similar to that of the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
stevepising 1 year ago
what youre actually looking at here is scary as fuck
3transfat 1 year ago
I believe the Tuguska asteroid/comet was big as a football stadium
sastaroo 1 year ago
Man that is so cool
Commandingtripod 1 year ago
Probably False.....
FogMoose 1 year ago
photoshopped, amirite?
DrunkAngryRussian 1 year ago
@DrunkAngryRussian Nope, urwrong
Darkmind1970 1 year ago
I heard this thing could've destroyed a small city based on it's size and velocity..........true or false ??
Hunkola 2 years ago
yes that is true , the current estimate of size of this object was anywhere from a large automobile to a medium sized house . most objects of that size range however would explode or break up before making impact . it is likely that on the larger size estimate it may have caused a Tunguska type event and that would easily devastate a small city .... actually that would wipe out a major city of the size of chicago easily. wiki "Impact_event" for more info
nativecho 2 years ago
Wow.....wipe out a city size of Chicago? That may be stretching it. I remember seeing a documentary on Tunguska and it said it flattened trees for 25 square miles so I dont think that could wipe out Chicago (although still a lot of damage).
What is the estimated velocity on the Teton fireball ??
Hunkola 2 years ago
actually it exploded with aforce of 10-15 megatons of tnt which was 1000x as powerful as hiroshama. trees were laid down over 830 sq miles or 2153 sq km, registering around 5.0 on the richter scale . this would easily destroy a citty of Chicago's size . mainly by the force of the pressure wave . I have not seen any estimates on the Teton event , however most smaller meteriods enter earths atmosphere at more than 10km/sec or 6 miles/sec or 21,600 mph . Larger can reach 20-50 km/ sec
nativecho 2 years ago
Oh shit......you are correct......Tunguska was much larger than I thought.......it could've wiped out Chicago.......but I couldnt find any mention of how large the Tunguska meteor was to compare to the Teton fireball ??
Hunkola 2 years ago
the entire city of Chicago only encompasses 228.443 sq miles .
nativecho 2 years ago
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fucking insane!
Next time a Republican opens his mouth to say something stupid about the economy, think of nature and the real shit which is so much more awesome than equalizing the stupid fucking budget.
Nature is really out there and we depend on her: We ARE nature, nature IS us.
Stop spending time on work we don't want to do for shit we don't need!
hyperseauton 2 years ago
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hyperseauton 2 years ago
It was Santa Clause!
jtmjtm2001 2 years ago 3
:D:D
richmanjack 2 years ago
@jtmjtm2001
or Goku...
salbrismind 2 years ago
WIKIPEDIA... "The object was in the range of size from a car to a house and should have ended its life in a Hiroshima-sized blast, but there was never any explosion, much less a crater. Analysis of the trajectory indicated that it never came much lower than 58 kilometers off the ground, and the conclusion was that it had grazed Earth's atmosphere for about 100 seconds, then skipped back out of the atmosphere to return to its orbit around the Sun.".
nialllewis 2 years ago
What the dinosauers saw in their last few seconds of life... Scary isn't it..
edjcox 2 years ago 4
@edjcox that is such an incredibly misinformed thing to say..
GrandAdmiralForrest 1 year ago
i bet clark kent is in it
piyaleela 2 years ago 4
this video is freken awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
lucasizle 2 years ago
holy crap it was vegeta!!!
Rexx102 2 years ago 4
LOL power level at 9000
Ig0TAny0uTuB3AcCounT 2 years ago 8
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jigglesnap 2 years ago
Rob09221982 comment is spot on!
jackfry123 3 years ago
That guy's comment is copied straight from Wikipedia, so of course it is. Wikipedia is allways spot on :D
omgwtfbbqxD 3 years ago
that's bitchin
gortie 3 years ago
GUYS! GUYS!!! stop panicking!!
If this thing hit, it would've produced a Hiroshima sized explosion, and it probably would've exploded in the middle of nowhere.
It would not make life hard on us for decades.
WE WOULD NOT BE DOOMED
except for the animals living where it would hit :D
huhftyuu 3 years ago 3
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no, it would've been an explosion 1000 times more powerful than the most powerful nuclear weaopon ever detonated...a soviet hydrogen bomb which is 10 times more powerful than hiroshima, nagasaki, and all bombs detonated in WWII combined. So yes, it would've affected us a lot. 6 hours earlier that day, the earth was in the trajectory of that meteor.
crazydudetz 3 years ago
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Rob09221982 3 years ago 8
At best it would have created an airburst of about 1/5th the energy of the Hiroshima bomb.
Kullg4r 3 years ago 7
wikipedia,thy name is boom
snlbitchluva 2 years ago 2
@Rob09221982 Thanks, Wikipedia.
principalbass 1 year ago
@principalbass Ah, nice investigating. I hope it didn't take up too much of your free time.
Rob09221982 1 year ago
@Rob09221982 Thanks for copying that from Wikipedia.
TheNightwatchman 1 year ago
@Rob09221982 thank you wikipedia
Spartan3500 1 year ago
>_> That's the Asclepius from 1989, not The Great Daylight in 1972 x_x
HikariNoKalen 3 years ago
Meant that as a reply to 'crazydudetz', by the way.
HikariNoKalen 3 years ago
We would have been freakin' screwed if that hit. Not totally, but it would have made life difficult for decades.
loonmaniac 3 years ago
The meteor is 36 miles high in the atmosphere and this is indeed a sobering thing to see.
Humanity is right on the cusp of spacetravel being commonplace so if the nations of the earth take asteroid detection more seriously, and the technology to possibly detect them. As it is humanity will probably beat the asteroids to the punch to destroy the Earth.
FLUGZEUG464 4 years ago 4
that information was right about a hiroshima type blast if it struck the earth. However like the fireball at 1908 above Sibera which leveled the forest and land below and killed thousands of reindeer. Which was interesting is that "Analysis of the trajectory indicated that it never came much lower than 58 kilometers off the ground". It grazed Earth's the atmosphere for 100 seconds, then skipped back out of the atmosphere to return to its orbit around the Sun."
Dreric1kansas 4 years ago
Fucking SCARY. ;_;
iliekmudkip 4 years ago
Lucky Miss
Jehuty77 4 years ago 2
This meteor was supposed to have ended its life in a hiroshima-like blast, but it never hit the ground, it continued to fly 58km above the ground before going back into its orbit around the sun. [wikipedia]
zoso6322 4 years ago