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Green meteor captured in Southern India (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TheLobotomist to c/bewowed
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Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav was taking pictures in the Western Ghats in 2015 when he captured this breathtaking shot!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-viral-image-is-not-of-asteroid-that-passed-earth-december-1892292-2021-12-25

[–] TheLobotomist 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I edited the description!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Perseid shower had blue contrails that looked like a miniature aurora borealis trailing behind them. One of the most surreal things I've seen.

[–] anarchrist 2 points 2 years ago

So is it green here because of the wild amount of light pollution? I thought this was taken at sunset before I saw the stars above the clouds. I'm wondering if they could have even seen the meteor without the clouds blocking some of the light...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where in South India was this ?

[–] TheLobotomist 1 points 2 years ago

Western Ghats