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Thursday, October 2, 2003

First thought to be the remains of a meteor burnout, scientists are still trying to decide on what this is really a picture of. At first blush it seems to be a fireball, but it is clearly at high altitude, catching the sun's rays at dusk. The vapor is still present, but dissipating, a minute or two later.

BBC story here.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (with larger versions) here.

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