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Most of us got a little distracted from uneventful passing of near-Earth asteroid DA14 after that unrelated meteorite decided to slam into Russia. Photographer Colin Legg keep his eyes—and camera—on DA14 though, and put together this time-lapse of its flyby that makes it seem like an insignificant little dot.
Legg took the footage from Western Australia with a 5D Mark II and a 6D and pointed towards the sky, taking shots about every nine seconds. And despite all the buzz, DA14 is actually pretty hard to spot up there amid all the other dots; it’s the one really cooking across the screen, starting at the top left corner and heading toward the bottom.
That other meteorite that took a trip a little closer to Earth and decided to visit Russia showed us first-hand what it could have been like if DA14 was a little closer, but it doesn’t look so bad way up there. [Colin Legg via PetaPixel]
Hang on – what was the weird little smoke trail it left? If it didn’t come anywhere near our atmosphere, how did some of it appear to burn off?
Or is it something completely different?
Aliens.
Plane.
Orangeyness is reflected street lighting off the vapour trail.
Top left there is a tiny bright white dot that travels nearly straight down ( & slightly to the right )- that was the asteroid.
[leaves out of social embarrassment]