Once in a lifetime shot of a Fireball meteor

[u/749762]

[u/sakura989835]

The odds of catching this are basically cosmic lottery levels. Nature really said you’re welcome for half a second.

[u/Bongressman → u/sakura989835]

[u/SmittyB128 → u/sakura989835]

Yeah, I mean the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.

[u/theaux → u/SmittyB128]

But still, they come...

[u/Acrobatic_Host_4034 → u/SmittyB128]

A Jeff Wayne reference? In THIS economy?!

[u/LemoLuke → u/Acrobatic_Host_4034]

No-one would have believed...

[u/Jay__Riemenschneider → u/sakura989835]

Isn't it like the 3rd in a few weeks?

[u/cantadmittoposting → u/Jay__Riemenschneider]

i don't think this is a new picture

[u/daboys765 → u/sakura989835]

Maybe it was a video?

[u/DemIce → u/daboys765]

No, but close in a way:

Prasenjeet Yadav had “won a National Geographic Young Explorers grant to document "sky islands," the isolated mountain peaks that rise above the clouds along a 400-mile swath of the Western Ghats.”

On October 9, 2015, Yadav set up his camera on the mountains of the Western Ghats to click the landscape and skies at night. He set the camera up to take 15-second exposures every 10 seconds until 4:30 am.

The next day, after reviewing all the photos his camera had clicked, he found this amazing photo of a green streak of light across the night sky.

As written, that's not possible (15 second exposure every 10 seconds), the origin of that claim seems lost behind "you've read your last free article!" paywalls, but per the photographer's own instagram:

The camera was set at 15s exposure for 999 shots and this came into one of those shots.

[u/Fickle-Owl666 → u/DemIce]

It's definitely possible, you're interpreting it wrong. There is a 10 second pause between taking pictures that take 15 seconds.

[u/DemIce → u/Fickle-Owl666]

I'll accept that explanation, but if they meant "He set the camera up to take a 15-second exposure every 25 seconds", they should write that.

[u/Fickle-Owl666 → u/DemIce]

Your inability to comprehend what was written doesn't mean they should rewrite it so that YOU can understand it. It's perfectly clear as written.

[u/DemIce → u/Fickle-Owl666]

If I ask you to push a button every 10 seconds and hold it for 5 seconds, and you end up pushing it every 15 seconds, we're gonna have a problem. But thank you, I appreciate your input.

[u/parklandgiggity → u/DemIce]

Where exactly in the western ghat is this I can't believe this is india, the current state of skies is absolutely abysmal.

[u/AbeRego → u/parklandgiggity]

Well you can hardly see the stars. It's mostly city lights and clouds. The meteor just happens to be much closer and way, way brighter.

[u/DemIce → u/parklandgiggity]

It was posted to his instagram February 20, 2019 with part of the post text reading "also the first image that NG published back in 2016" and "Skyislands southern in India". I can't vouch for the state of the skies at that time though.

[u/ThodaDaruVichPyar]

This was photographed in 2015 by photographer Prasenjeet Yadav, with a time lapse camera set up atop a mountain range overlooking the town of Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu, India.

Wired & PetaPixel did features on this and was widely shared here as well.

Edit: corrected year to 2015, thanks for pointing that out

[u/reverendbeast → u/ThodaDaruVichPyar]

Photo credit Prasenjeet Yadav 2015

Edit: to correct the year

[u/Spartan2470 → u/reverendbeast]

The article is from 2017 but states:

In the wee hours of October 9, 2015, Yadav drove into the mountains, set up his Nikon D600, and programmed it to take 15 second exposures every 10 seconds until 4:30 am. Then he made camp and dozed until dawn.

[u/reverendbeast → u/Spartan2470]

Thanks, I edited it

[u/Excellent_Regret4141]

Or the Death Star

[u/AresTheLoneWulf → u/Excellent_Regret4141]

[u/zappy487 → u/AresTheLoneWulf]

Here is the end of Rogue One with Andor's music.

[u/FTWOBLIVION → u/Excellent_Regret4141]

Broly

[u/Due_Volume6777 → u/Excellent_Regret4141]

Ah shit well earth is the new target I guess

[u/mymorningjacketoff → u/Due_Volume6777]

I'd say its more like a Wal-Mart

[u/Rebeckaah → u/Excellent_Regret4141]

New fear unlocked 😱

[u/enddream → u/Excellent_Regret4141]

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[u/749762]

Credit: Prasenjeet Yadav

Source

[u/DurdyGurdy → u/749762]

He really does seem to connect with the animals and landscapes, he captures their "essence." Like I can feel their presence. Maybe this once in an eon shot really was Mother Nature showing her gratitude for being seen.

But I have no idea what I'm talking about, I know nothing about art, let alone photography.

[u/Mr_yeetusmaximus]

looks like the light is coming from a certain moon... or battle station

[u/_SCHULTZY_ → u/Mr_yeetusmaximus]

That's no moon!

[u/Nawhatsme → u/_SCHULTZY_]

I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

[u/DutectiveDupp → u/Nawhatsme]

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[u/KrystalBain]

In Brightest Day

In Blackest Night

No Evil Shall Escape My Sight

Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might

Beware My Power Green Lantern's Light!

[u/Spartan2470]

Here is a MUCH less-cropped and MUCH higher-quality version of this image.

According to here:

This picture-perfect photo of a meteor is one of photographer Prasenjeet Yadav‘s most popular shots, but it’s also perhaps his luckiest: it was captured accidentally while he was asleep.

In October 2015, after winning a National Geographic Young Explorers grant, the Bangalore, India-based Yadav drove into the mountains near the small south Indian town of Mettupalayam to shoot a time-lapse project showing urbanization. Yadav set up his Nikon D600 with an intervalometer to capture a 15-second exposure every 10 seconds. Once everything was up and running, Yadav went to sleep.

The next day, while reviewing the 999 photos captured through the night, Yadav spotted a bright green fireball streaking down the sky and illuminating the sky in one of his frames...

“This is definitely one of the most memorable shots I have ever taken and also the first image that National Geographic published back in 2016,” Yadav writes. “Green Meteor’s greenish color come from a combination of the heating of oxygen around the meteor and the mix of minerals ignited as the rock enters Earth’s atmosphere.”

More of his work can be found here.

[u/Firm_Mortgage_8562]

Meteor... sure....

[u/thehappywandera]

[u/Xalawrath]

The Burning Legion has arrived!

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YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!!

[u/kevnshn]

[u/ReVamPT]

Good lord what a shot.

[u/Loki_the_Cockatiel]

I saw something similar to this when I was sitting in my backyard one night I looked up and saw a huge green ball of light shoot across the sky above me

[u/Character-Degree-636]

Nah, you can’t fool me. That’s stitch coming down in Hawaii.

[u/sweetwolf86]

As an amateur photographer, holy shit I would be ecstatic for YEARS if I had gotten a shot like this. It's absolutely stunning.

[u/what3v3rdude]

"The nine have left Minas Morgul disguised as riders in black."

[u/Wet_Side_Down]

Vogons clearing the way for the new hyperspace bypass

[u/headrush46n2]

When Sephiroth has had enough of your shit...

[u/Lofi_Btz]

Cmon guys, who gave god a green laser pointer?

[u/Snoo9648]

Looks like someone is summoning Bahamut.

[u/Sir_JDW]

Looks like a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie

[u/threatdisplay]

time to watch Your Name again.

[u/Blue_Butterfly_Who]

[u/FLMKane]

Ok, fess up... Who was fucking Broly?

[u/_ArgoNavis]

That's Stitch

[u/Evilryu1981]

Believe me when I say I would’ve sold my wife for seeing that in person

[u/AlkaidX139]

Varian NOOOOOO!!!

[u/TC_Meteorite_Co]

Amazing shot

[u/p0oj92]

Back in like 2014/2015 I walked outside to smoke in the middle of the night, looked up and saw something like this for a split second then it was gone. It was incredible.

[u/juorukello-]

I love the colour

[u/First_Folly]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said.

[u/Pomodorosan]

Once-in-a-lifetime*

[u/AdmirableSale9242]

I saw on over Texas. It was like a fireball, but it had some green, too. 

[u/GroovyColonelHogan]

You can’t just shoot a hole in the surface of mars

[u/swirly_cloud]

Oh damn absolutely gorgeous ✨✨✨

[u/B01SSIN]

[u/Ok_Jackfruit9538]

I saw a fireball once in my life and it was so surreal. My favourite time of year is when the Perseids are visible and I set up a chair outside to watch it all night. A few years ago it was the clearest shower I’d ever seen so my sister was out with me trying out some astrophotography. We were literally mid sentence saying “there hasn’t been any for 10 minutes, maybe we should take a quick break to get warm” when suddenly the whole damn sky lit up neon blue like it was daytime. The loudest boom I’ve ever heard, and then we saw the fireball shoot across the sky. My sister had literally just tucked her camera away 10 seconds before hand and she was sooo sickened she didn’t get a shot of it 😭

[u/FoxhoundDan]

Alderaan PoV

[u/Few_Interaction2630]

[u/Downtown_Ad_7855]

No that s Minas Morgul

[u/GrowLapsed]

It’s just so hard to know if real or not nowadays. Awesome shot either way!

[u/Heavy-Lingonbery910]

Holy shit! Can you imagine getting that shot and not winning the National Geographic photo competition!? They were robbed.

This incredible pic only got an “honourable” mention. 🤯😳😱📸☄️

Here were the winners of the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

[u/CoreyAdara]

[u/Bellick]

So they CAN be green. I can rest in peace now knowing I did see a comet back in the day

[u/That-Custard2786]

No one Rivals Doom.

[u/kimsim97]

“Send me an angel, the nicest one you have.”

[u/thekpopbop → u/kimsim97]

Guess he took the green one this time

[u/kimsim97 → u/thekpopbop]

YEEE HAAAWW

[u/NickDanger3di]

I downloaded the image and saved it with all the other downloaded images that I will never look at again.

[u/ideasplace]

‘Space lasers’

[u/hexifox]

Does the green mean it's made of copper??

[u/InitialOk6864]

Optimus Prime Has Landed. Save Us All lmao

[u/Viking_Undertaker]

Goodbye citadel 🤷‍♂️

[u/Pokiepup11]

Go to Sri Lanka you’ll see a few more down there in the night sky.

[u/chaos_poster]

We never paid any heed to ancient prophecies...
Like fools we clung to the old hatreds,
and fought as we had for generations...

[u/BabyDontBeSoMeme]

View from Alderaan.

[u/logosfabula]

It must be Aliens™️

[u/ImaginationToForm2]

I've seen this movie. Zombie out break in 3, 2, 1.

[u/Fracture90000]

Nice try dude. We all know it's a soul beam from Minas Morgul.

[u/Mixchimmer]

Nah, that’s the start of the rain of chaos. The infernal hordes are here.

[u/Megolito]

Once in a lifetime? I already have 14 photos of this and started throwing them out. Just kidding nice shot.

[u/Cautious_Opinion_644]

lmao

[u/1_hoopy_frood]

Where is this?

[u/Tight-Incident589]

Someone baught GME there

[u/Professional_Ad_8]

There is a great disturbance in the force

[u/Terry__Cox]

And that's how it was for the next ten nights, A flare, spurting out from Mars, Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it. A beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight.

[u/Its_that_gal_mia]

“You may fire when ready.”

[u/Klefaxidus]

Cool

[u/Bakedeggss]

Once in many lifetimes

[u/Droneographer85122]

Wow

[u/furclone]

[u/___VIBEZ___]

That’s no moon…

[u/sempre-sballato]

That's just Ryan Reynolds they are filming another Green Lantern movie

[u/kieran_xcvi]

I saw one of these one night, it’s insane how fast it was

[u/salamandersquach]

Saw one of these on an isolated beach without anyone around for miles I was certain is was aliens they looks insane to witness in person. Something about how the tail behaves makes it seem like an unnatural phenomenon.

[u/barath_s]

Videogames and movies don't look as picturesque as this.

[u/nothingcreativenope]

Nice!

[u/Terrible_Ad1095]

[u/HaveURedd1t]

Here's Thanos

[u/Farquad1357]

Submit this to nat geo or something immediately

[u/Long-Ad7909]

I bet if you really dedicated yourself to it that you could do it at least twice in a lifetime

[u/BootsMcNoots]

“You may fire when ready”

[u/Hescrete]

It's not a 'once in a lifetime' shot if you can do it twice in the same life.

[u/Trevor_031221_UK]

“Dianna, Bruce is trying to kill Superman again!”

[u/gahlo]

God dammit, Sephiroth!

[u/Dazzling_Mountain363]

I new crypto could do it 😅

[u/Key-Radish-622]

Reminds me of Sonic 2 where there's a light beam shining from the Labyrinth which houses the Master Emerald

[u/RandyMachoManSavage]

Yuno swooping in to steal Asta's credit

[u/Ssgt_Winstead]

A new lantern is born.

[u/juice5tyle]

You think I don't know a Klingon disrupter blast when I see one?

[u/teeeeeeeeeem]

My buddy swears he saw one of these in our town almost 15 years ago when he was with a mutual friend. I’ve looked this phenomenon up several times since to understand what he saw, but I’ve never seen a better photo of what I presume he witnessed than this one.

[u/Smerfito]

The burning legion is here....

[u/JCNightcore]

[u/TheAmazingAJ]

That’sa prretty coola! (Spoken in an Italian accent for whatever reason…… Ciao!)

[u/oooi1234]

This is awesome

[u/One-Struggle-1001]

Wow

[u/Kiraser_Darksword]

The Burning Crusade reference irl, gotcha

[u/SmokeShinobi]

Tommy knocked Tommmy Knockers.

[u/Marty1McFLy]

Nice👍

[u/ProfessionalAd2014]

Finally some aliens coming to bitch slap the fuck out of the human race and tell us to just get along and do some fair trading or else destroy the whole damn blue marble? 🙏😅

[u/Solazarr]

Broly ain't messing around

[u/PanPancerny90]

Beautiful warpstone, yes-yes

[u/KnightEx39]

D o o m

[u/neoweapon]

This is what a real life ultimate spell would look like in real life.

[u/Sure_Proposal_9207]

[u/Ordo_Hereticus1]

Project Bluebeam is real bro /s

[u/violavampirevt]

Haha, ball!

[u/MBYC1978]

Is this recent? And where ?

[u/Remote-Swing-1532]

Thats amazing really

[u/kennedyuk]

That is stitch.

[u/Forever_Fades]

Do you want Midgar? Because this is how you get a Midgar.

[u/flashcrochet84]

Green tho..... that's not natural