26th November 2009

Photo reblogged from snooz3r

snooz3r:

Did you know that you can hear meteors?  Well you can hear them with the help of the Air Force’s Space Surveillance Radar.  A “ping” sounds each time a meteor flies above the radar.
*photo:                      An Orionid meteor photographed on Oct. 21, 2008, by amateur                      astronomer Rich Swanson of Sierra Vista, Arizona

snooz3r:

Did you know that you can hear meteors? Well you can hear them with the help of the Air Force’s Space Surveillance Radar. A “ping” sounds each time a meteor flies above the radar.

*photo: An Orionid meteor photographed on Oct. 21, 2008, by amateur astronomer Rich Swanson of Sierra Vista, Arizona

Source: snooz3r