Posted @withregram • @theourspace This is an amazing photograph of a bright green meteor over Mettupalayam in South India, taken by molecular ecologist and photographer Prasenjeet Yadav. ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ IT IS REALLY hard to photograph a meteor. Even though some 25 million of them hurtle toward Earth each day, most of them are too small to track. Those you can see are tough to spot during the day, and most people are sleeping when they streak across the sky at night. But Prasenjeet Yadav managed to get one anyway, entirely by accident. ☄️ Image 4: “The color of light that the meteors produce depends on their chemical composition,” Meteorologist Dave Samuhel said. “Different chemicals in the meteors produce different colors as they burn up while entering the Earth’s atmosphere,” ‘For example, meteors made from primarily calcium will give off a purple or violet color, while those made out of magnesium will appear to have a green or teal color.’ My Pages @TheOurDeepSpace @TheOurEpicNature 🔭 Do you love Meteor ❤ Are you ready to explore Space 🔭 @TheOurSpace Image credit: @prasen.yadav #earth #science #space #universe #meteor #meteorshower #meteorite #color #composition #elements #periodictable #chemicals #earthsatellite #green is by far my #favorite #color #cosmology #astronomy #staycurious https://www.instagram.com/p/Caz0J4-Opxt/?utm_medium=tumblr
