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Old 07-October-2008, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by flynjack1 View Post
I live out here in the Southwest and its still sunny here...did they find this last night[...]
It was dark this morning.

National Geographic: Boulder-Size Asteroid to Be Fireball Over Earth Tonight

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The space rock, dubbed 2008 TC3, was first spotted this morning by the Catalina Sky Survey observatory in Tucson, Arizona.
CSS News: CSS Asteroid Predicted to Cause Brilliant Fireball over Northern Sudan

Animated image there.

Edit: The CfA news release has a palatable image from the early morn, showing light stars and rocks (the streak) against a black background:
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