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    Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies

    What Is It?

    Cityscope Illuminated Sculpture is Like Glowing Crashed Meteor In Cologne
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    Image of wooties wooties
    11/21/09

    In reply to Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies
    My Brother sent me a vid of it, it's better than some they showed on the TV:
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    11/20/09

    In reply to Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies
    I am so envious of the people that got to watch it.... I wish something like this could cross by Texas one of these nights.
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    Image of Manly_McBeeferton Manly_McBeeferton
    11/20/09

    @The-Simpsons-Rule!!: I feel you. I am a huge nut when it comes to space, but I never get to see these kinds of things. Even when they are planned like the Perseid Shower awhile back. :/ I hate living in the city.

    That quick video at the beginning was awesome, though. Almost scary.
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    Image of leber leber
    11/21/09

    @The-Simpsons-Rule!!: If we're lucky enough, maybe it will actually hit Texas and turn it in to something more appealing like a big crater. :)
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    Image of Spustatu Spustatu
    11/20/09

    In reply to Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies
    It was crazy! I was in the living room with my family and suddenly there was a bright flashing light coming through windows on both sides of the room. It looked like the flash from lightning, but there was no thunder and no clouds outside. We were pretty baffled.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?
    How long would an object like that be in the field of view? And how many pics a second could his cell phone take?

    I am also very interested in the super secret gizmodo image analysis. What did you do to determine it was "a real photo"?
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    Edited by Gary_7vn at 09/01/09 11:01 PM Gary_7vn was starred Gary_7vn was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?
    I don't get it. It doesn't have the Motorola logo on it.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?
    Definitely not a sundog as they are stationary and don't "race through the atmostphere".

    Ive seen a few absolutely huge "shooting stars" in my day, one was while on vacation in the Carribbean. From start to finish, it took about 5 seconds.

    Assuming i had my phone handy, and I was very very quick, its possible to get off a shot I suppose.

    that being said, im extremely skeptical.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?
    It's a giant head! And what's that coming out it's nose.

    SPACEBALLS! There goes the neighborhood.
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    Image of lilaliendog lilaliendog
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?

    Here is my picture someone promo this post so everyone can see
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?

    It's the end of the world!

    What? It's in "Revelations", people!
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    09/01/09

    edit: I did not mean to reply to you.
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    Edited by Rabid Penguin at 09/01/09 11:01 AM Rabid Penguin was starred Rabid Penguin was unstarred
    Image of Pixlmonkey Pixlmonkey
    09/01/09

    @Rabid Penguin: nor did i to you.
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    Image of nightsky nightsky
    09/01/09

    In reply to What Is It?
    Not a meteor, It's a sundog with an arch. I'm not a meteorologist, but an astronomer, and have seen many of these. They are caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. Heres a link [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Ryanraven promoted this comment Edited by nightsky at 09/01/09 8:34 AM nightsky was starred nightsky was unstarred
    Image of Braff Braff
    09/01/09

    @nightsky:

    What's up sundog?
    We put some light in your light
    So you can see while you see!
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    09/01/09

    @nightsky: I love this part of the description:

    "They are best seen and at their most conspicuous when the sun is low. They are not rainbows."
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    09/01/09

    @BrAff: I love sun dogs with some mustard, some onions, a little bit of celery salt... mmmmm.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/25/08

    In reply to Cityscope Illuminated Sculpture is Like Glowing Crashed Meteor In Cologne
    In the daylight shots the luminescent quality reminds me a big soap bubble, but nothing about it says "fragmented urban spaces" to me. I grant you I am no artist, but I am just not seeing it.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/25/08

    @Curves: You have to go to art college and do a lot of drugs, then it will make sense.
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    11/25/08

    @Gann: Michael Jackson used to have a chimp named Bubbles. Whenever someone says they want to blow Bubbles, I have to laugh.
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    11/25/08

    @Sora57: That was meant for GT Geek and Curves...
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    11/25/08

    In reply to Cityscope Illuminated Sculpture is Like Glowing Crashed Meteor In Cologne
    Can't you buy this for $4.99 (well, $2.99 at its special discount price) in the App Store?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/25/08

    @Gilbert: The App Store in your mind perhaps.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/25/08

    @Gilbert: Yes, but Apple will pull the plug on it because it competes with an app they're bringing out. In 2010.
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