[meteorite-list] re meteor photo

[Paul Harris]

Hi Jeff and Chris,

My vote is for a jet contrail too.  I think my images show the jets 2 
contrails quickly merging into one before evaporating. I should also not 
reply to emails while watching Meteor Crater on the History Channel...

http://www.birdwalking.ca/pblog/  <--original image

http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg
http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg

Paul




Paul Harris wrote:

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I took Pete's idea of doing a closeup and then did some image 

> processing as shown in the links below.

>

> From the images it appears to have a less dense area right behind the 

> head. Like viewing the Ring Nebula where the edges appear more dense 

> than the middle.

>

> If an object is of sufficient size, shouldn't it produce an open 

> channel right behind it for a short length?

> And, would a jet engine also be able to create this channel? (I don't 

> have a clue...)

>

> Image 1 - Convert to B/W then Inverted

> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con1.jpg

>

> Image 2 - Emboss of above image

> http://www.meteorite.com/met_or_con2.jpg

>

> Thanks!

>

> Paul