few minutes ago, at 19:18 , a bright fireball was spotted in the skies of southern Italy. The first reports from the Strait of Messina reported a fireball on the Ionian Sea , with director from north to south, greenish and very bright magnitude. We are awaiting further reports that allow us to understand the scope of the sighting(visit the link for the full news article)
What is with all these fireballs. There seems like a lot of them coming down of recent.
Originally posted by Rising Against
reply to post by purplemer
What is with all these fireballs. There seems like a lot of them coming down of recent.
I disagree entirely, but also respectfully.
See, I don't for a second think we've had any increase of meteor or "fireball" activity, I'm yet to see proof of this anyway, but instead what I do think is happening is people's awareness on the subject has suddenly increased. It's as simple as that really. See, we had the great, big Russian meteor strike, you know, the ver one which produced the awesome sky show which had the news talking for days on end, providing endless videos and images etc...
Now, In the aftermath of this, we've also see more threads and more discussion take place on the subject? Does that point to an increase of activity? No, not necessarily, it's pointing towards - quite clearly, in my opinion - nothing but people simply looking out for it more, now that they've seen a major perhaps even once in a lifetime one.
That's what It seems like to me. So no, no increase of activity, just more awareness and more people reporting their sightings, and in turn other's taking an interest..
This is the first time you've settled one of these threads by pointing out the true source of a photo.
Originally posted by Rezlooper
reply to post by Phage
Phage, are you a computer bot or something? How do you find photos that quickly? This is the first time you've settled one of these threads by pointing out the true source of a photo. Good job.
I didn't say he did.
The OP never stated that the image was of that particular fireball spotted.
Do you know if it is common to have so many meteorites crashing to the ground..?Did the one in Italy hit the ground? Fireballs are a lot more common than you may think.
And is it possible that they could be coming from the same source..
