Once-in-a-lifetime meteor photo, captured by accident by Prasenjeet Yadav
Once-in-a-lifetime meteor photo, captured by accident by Prasenjeet Yadav
Article on how the picture was made: https://petapixel.com/2020/04/28/this-once-in-a-lifetime-meteor-photo-was-captured-by-accident/
Link to the photograph website: https://www.prasenjeetyadav.com/#explore
Must've had a lot of copper in that asteroid.
32 0 ReplyProbably nickel and/or salts of barium. Copper burns blue as a pyrotechnic colorant.
21 0 ReplyAh ok. I was going to say nickel but I did a quick search and somehow I read that it was copper.
6 0 ReplyDepending on the salt you can make both blue and green. Copper sulphate flame test is a pretty common school lab practical isn't it?
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A lot of spaceship debris looks like this because copper is used in a lot of rocket engines.
8 0 ReplyAlternatively or additionally, I think oxygen plasma glows blue or green, because northern lights (near the poles, at least) are greenish.
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One of the coolest photos I've ever seen. I like mountains amid the human development too
22 0 ReplyI know I'm being pedantic but aren't all pictures of meteors by accident?
18 0 ReplyNah, we predict metoer showers all the time.
6 0 ReplyI don't understand why they call it an "accident". The camera was set up and taking timed pictures. I just don't think "accident" is accurate
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The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
5 0 Replybut still they come
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Clearly Jewish space lasers. This is just a cover-up
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3 0 ReplyLooks like the Skunkworks guys finally figure out how to build a Deathstar laser.
3 0 ReplyWhy does the grainy effect make it seem so much more substantial?
2 0 ReplyThat's neat
1 0 ReplyMight want to avoid semi-trucks and AC/DC for a minute.
1 0 Replydoomslayer thats not mars doomslayer stop doo-
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