Perseid Meteor Shower Unleashes Bright Fireball

[NormaRegula]

Wonder if we're passing the "starts like raindrops phase"?

Time will tell.

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking this week and announced its annual August arrival with a bright fireball over Alabama, NASA officials say.
A small 1-inch (2.5-cm) wide meteor caused the fireball when it met a fiery demise Aug. 3 while streaking through Earth's atmosphere, according to officials at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The fireball was observed by skywatching cameras operated by the space center...

_http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/perseidmeteorshowerunleashesbrightfireball

 

[1984]

Wonder if we're passing the "starts like raindrops phase"?

Time will tell.

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking this week and announced its annual August arrival with a bright fireball over Alabama, NASA officials say.
A small 1-inch (2.5-cm) wide meteor caused the fireball when it met a fiery demise Aug. 3 while streaking through Earth's atmosphere, according to officials at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The fireball was observed by skywatching cameras operated by the space center...

_http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/perseidmeteorshowerunleashesbrightfireball

Indeed. Here's a vid clip of the Alabama one your article references: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/213234-US-Bright-Fireball-Kicks-Off-Perseid-Meteor-Shower as well as one in Italy: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/213354-Italy-Perseid-Fireball-Capture-on-Video

 

[Vulcan59]

There are two more reports about fireballs, both in Italian and I haven't been able to find more info in English.

_http://meteore.forumattivo.com/bolidi-e-superbolidi-riprese-video-f30/fireball-perseide-20100808_021707-t1193.htm

and

_http://meteore.forumattivo.com/bolidi-e-superbolidi-riprese-video-f30/fireball-perseide-20100809_012453-1-ut-t1194.htm

Seems to be two separate fireball events over Italy; one on 8th August and the other on 9th August. Any Italian speaking member care to check out these two stories and write a summary? Thanks.