Elena's Rose Cottage

I read this article in a magazine and decided to set my alarm to get up and watch for a while. Which I did at midnight. I bundled up, took out a blanket and laid on the chaise lounge on the deck. The constellations were bright, and the other stars faint. The house hid the western part of the sky but , one could see very few stars in that part of the sky anyway due to the city lights. I was looking for streaks and was disappointed in that I saw none. Probably too much city light. What I did see was the sky turning blue and the mountains looking like the gold time of the day. Just for a second and then it was dark again. The blue was the biggest surprise to me--seeing that at midnight. It was a different blue than one sees in the daytime--a light blue-- with a glow? I thought that was strange and looked for streaks until I got too chilled. Didn't find out until the next day (thanks to Maren) was it was. A huge meteor entering the atmosphere 100 miles up--the impact causing the brilliant flash brighter than daylight, was was what I observed. That was a fun experience.

This is a picture that I took a few weeks ago at the gold time of the day. It was what the meteor flash looked like only perhaps brighter (the meteor).