tajmo

I saw an awesome light in the sky on my drive home last week and finally researched it today to make sure it wasn’t just me. Well, there was indeed a big-ass meteor over the Denver sky on Thursday December 5. 

I saw a brilliant, champagne colored light streaking off toward the east and breaking up a little before winking out. It was brighter than a landing plane, bigger and faster than a bottle rocket, and pretty damn cool to see. It’s also nice to know other people saw it too.

Say, have you ever heard a meteor before? I have. Now, you might be thinking “that’s crazy, Taj! Sound won’t travel that far, and if it did, it would take up to six minutes and fifteen seconds!” I know, you’re thinking this but you’d only be half-right: it’s only crazy sounding. When meteors streak through the upper atmosphere, they can emit radio waves. Those waves can in turn produce sounds waves when they jangle about in small spaces, such as the spaces between blades of grass or grains of sand. I happened to hear my meteors while laying on the beach. It sounded like sizzling static.