[mendigou]

I was lucky enough to see this one live.

It was astounding. It became day for a few seconds and then it broke off into a half dozen pieces or so. It left an incandescent trail behind.

It looked incredibly close. I had the feeling we were going to hear it coming down nearby in a few seconds, but it ended up in the Atlantic Ocean (actually not that far from us since we were by the ocean, but far enough).

So glad we were having drinks outside and I wasn't grabbing anything in the house!

[sph]

Looking at the reaction of the girl in the video, I wondered... when you see something out of the ordinary like that, do you get the ape/lizard brain instinct of "oh shit the sky is on fire, better hide under a rock"?

I have seen enough meteors in video to recognise one in real life, but I wonder if for a split second the fight-flight instinct kicks in before reason prevails.

[mendigou]

Indeed there was a split second of primal flight response, and then awe. Not like you have a long time to think about it!