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Posted by Chris Allen on Nov-21-2008 20:21:

Edmonton Meteor

So I was on the phone with a friend last night on my way home from work (roughly 5:30p-5:45p MST) when she started freaking out saying there was a meteor coming down from the sky. Then she went "WHOA!!" and exclaimed the entire sky had lit up around her.

Obviously I was a bit skeptical, but sure enough, the following video was caught from a Peace Officer's onboard dash camera.

Pretty cool stuff! Apparently it was seen all the way from Edmonton to Northern Saskatchewan and even Manitoba.

Related Article: Edmonton Sun

Posted by TO guy on Nov-21-2008 20:23:

Awesome!

CBC story:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/st...rta-meteor.html

Posted by Anas Attia on Nov-21-2008 20:28:

yeesh, if it was a bit bigger it would have hit earth as most of it wouldn't have burned up.

Ten asteroid encounters that almost got us (and still could)...

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/repo...aspx?pi=2&ps=10

Posted by Thierry on Nov-21-2008 20:29:

Yeah it was pretty crazy seeing that... had no idea what was going on but man was it bright!

Posted by Aleksandra on Nov-21-2008 20:34:

Crazy!!

So there were no warnings? Where's principal skinner when you need him..

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Nov-21-2008 23:29:

Wow @ how bright the sky looks in the video!

Posted by Thierry on Nov-21-2008 23:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Aleksandra
Crazy!!

So there were no warnings? Where's principal skinner when you need him..

No warnings... he was with Supernintendo Chalmers

Posted by Vivid Boy on Nov-21-2008 23:51:

dude i shit you not i saw the same thing in cabos last year and it was the most amazing thing I ever saw with my own eyes.

my gf and I were sitting at like 3 am drinking on a lawn chair looking out on the ocean and i was bullshitting and being all philsophical about how small we are in this universe. and kaboom a fuckin meteor comes out of the sky and crashes through the clouds and burns up into the water. It was amazing

Posted by Abercrombie on Nov-22-2008 00:44:

Posted by Dj Gracjan on Nov-22-2008 01:27:

that's pretty neat! thanks for the share Chris

Posted by Frenchie on Nov-22-2008 04:52:

Whaaaaaaat. That was neat. I'd love to see something like this with my own eyes.

Posted by Owen M on Nov-22-2008 18:21:

Thats pretty nutty!! Woulda been cool to see in person.

quote:
Originally posted by CraveTheRave
No warnings... he was with Supernintendo Chalmers

...banging Edna Krabappel in the closet actually

Posted by Owen M on Nov-22-2008 18:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Anas Attia
yeesh, if it was a bit bigger it would have hit earth as most of it wouldn't have burned up.

Ten asteroid encounters that almost got us (and still could)...

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/repo...aspx?pi=2&ps=10

quote:
10. Asteroid: 1950 DA

Year: 2880

Proximity to Earth (number of times Earth/Moon distance): 1-in-300 chance of direct hit

In a nutshell: This 1.4 km-wide object has a 50% greater chance of hitting Earth than all the other known "Moon-grazers" combined. In Just over 800 years, there's a 0.3% chance this object will strike Earth directly, creating species-ending, worldwide destruction.

what scientist ass did they pull these numbers out of? 2880? hahaha