운석 추락 장면 세계 최초로 촬영했다 > 미스테리

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AAP 통신의 보도에 따르면, 운석이 지면으로 떨어지는 장면이 촬영되었다는 주장이 제기되어 호주 과학자들의 관심을 끌고 있다.

호주 중북부 노던 테리토리의 아마추어 사진가 웨인 프라이드(31세)는 지난 월요일 아침 한 부두 부근에서 풍경 사진을 촬영했다.

당시에는 알아차리지 못했지만 사진을 자세히 살펴보니 설명하기 힘든 점이 발견되었다고. 마치 운석이 떨어지는 듯한 모습이 포착되었던 것이다.

그는 왼쪽 하늘에서 사진의 중앙으로 비스듬히 궤적을 그리며 떨어지는 발광체가 운석일지 모른다고 생각해 과학자들에게 분석을 요구했다. 사진 전문가들은 사진이 조작되지 않았다고 설명하는 것으로 AAP 통신은 전했다.

찰스 다윈 대학교의 천문학자 제프 카는 "사실이라면 이 사진은 역사상 가장 주목할만한 것"이라고 평가했다. 대부분의 운석은 지면에 닿기 전에 타버리기 때문에 지면에 추락하는 운석 사진을 촬영한 예는 지금까지 없었다는 것. 제프 카는 이 사진이 전세계 천문학자들로부터 관심을 끌 것이라고 말하는 한편 "궤적이 완전한 직선 형태인 점 때문에 의심이 된다"고 덧붙였다.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11483286%255E421,00.html

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Meteorite 'photographed' hitting Earth
By Nigel Adlam
November 24, 2004

NORTHERN Territory scientists were last night studying what could be the first photograph of a meteorite hitting Earth.

The chances of an impact being captured on film are millions to one.

"If this is true, it's one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken," astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said yesterday.

The photograph was taken by keen amateur photographer Wayne Pryde as he stood near the Darwin Cenotaph on The Esplanade and looked down to Fort Hill Wharf on Monday evening.

The meteorite, which could have been as small as a grain of sand, would have been travelling about 30,000km/h.

Mr Pryde believes a tiny piece of space rock hit the top of a 20m lamp post on the wharf.

He said the explosion on impact could be seen clearly in the photograph.

The "tube" created by the meteorite as it hurtled towards Earth is harder to pick out.

"I was taking a series of time-lapse pictures of the build-up of clouds," Mr Pryde said.

"I did not realise I had snapped the meteorite until later."

The wharf lamp bulb was yesterday found to be blown but the top of the post will not be checked for damage until today.

Experts believe the meteorite may not have hit the lamp post, but metal elsewhere on the wharf.

Mr Pryde, 31, is an IT expert but he denied the photograph had been digitally altered.

Photographic experts also said the shot had not been doctored.

Mr Carr, who teaches at Charles Darwin University, said the picture would create interest among astronomers worldwide.

He said most of the thousands of meteors heading towards Earth burnt up before landing.

"Nobody has ever photographed one hitting Earth," he said.

Mr Carr said the explosion could have been caused by lightning.

"But I doubt this very much - the trajectory is too straight," he said. AAP

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