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Skydivers know what they do is dangerous, but they don't expect falling meteorites. Anders Helstrup, from the Oslo Parachute Club, caught this rare footage of a large chunk of space rock hurtling past.
Anders Helstrup and several others had just jumped out of a small plane after taking off from Østre Æra Airport in Hedmark county when it happened.
"I got the feeling that there was something, but I didn't register what was happening," Helstrup told NRK about the event, which took place back in 2012.
But the camera fixed to his helmet was recording non-stop.
"When we stopped the film, we could clearly see something that looked like a stone. At first it crossed my mind that it had been packed into a parachute, but it's simply too big for that."
"We've thought of all possible scenarios, like could it have been packed in the equipment? Or something falling from a plane? Or something belonging to he other flyers?" he added.
But at that moment, "nothing's above me or near me," he said.
Geologist Hans Amundsen confirmed to Norway's NRK channel that a meteorite had indeed exploded some 20 kilometres above the earth's surface on the day of that jump. He said he believed that the object was an fragment of a meteorite in its last "dark flight" or "post-incandescence phase".
“This is the first time in history that a meteorite has been filmed in the air when it is no longer emitting any light,” Amundsen said. “It’s certainly much less likely than winning the lottery three times in a row."
The incident took place in June 2012 in southern Norway and the region has since been combed to find the space rock.
After the video went viral on social media on Friday, experts appeared doubtful.
"I'm more than a little sceptical of this story, but it's not entirely ridiculous," astronomer Scott Manley said on Twitter. "If I were going full tinfoil hat I'd say that it's an easy thing to add to a video. I hope they find the rock on the ground."
"I can't say if it's real or not ... Seems unlikely though," said Phil Plait, an astronomy blogger.
【新聞快訊】
跳傘愛好者們都知道跳傘存在一定危險性，但他們沒有想到連隕石也來湊熱鬧。日前，挪威廣播公司(NRK)播出一段視頻，挪威跳傘好手赫斯托普(Anders Helstrup)在國內(nèi)跳傘時，曾與一塊隕石碎片擦身而過，距離只有幾米遠。
這段視頻是赫斯托普頭盔上的攝影機拍攝。畫面顯示，一塊看似巨石的物體以極快速度掠過赫斯托普，而他當時剛打開降落傘。
地質(zhì)學(xué)家阿蒙森認為，影片中的物體是隕石，且已進入最后的“無光飛行期”(darkflight)，不再發(fā)出光芒。
假如上述說法屬實，這將是處于后白熱光階段(post-incandescence)的隕石首次入鏡。
阿蒙森告訴赫斯托普：“如果你晚幾分之一秒跳下，可能會死。”
這場“隕石奇遇記”于2012年6月發(fā)生在挪威南部，事后這個地區(qū)經(jīng)過徹底搜查，以尋找這塊隕石的蹤跡。
Skydivers know what they do is dangerous, but they don't expect falling meteorites. Anders Helstrup, from the Oslo Parachute Club, caught this rare footage of a large chunk of space rock hurtling past.
Anders Helstrup and several others had just jumped out of a small plane after taking off from Østre Æra Airport in Hedmark county when it happened.
"I got the feeling that there was something, but I didn't register what was happening," Helstrup told NRK about the event, which took place back in 2012.
But the camera fixed to his helmet was recording non-stop.
"When we stopped the film, we could clearly see something that looked like a stone. At first it crossed my mind that it had been packed into a parachute, but it's simply too big for that."
"We've thought of all possible scenarios, like could it have been packed in the equipment? Or something falling from a plane? Or something belonging to he other flyers?" he added.
But at that moment, "nothing's above me or near me," he said.
Geologist Hans Amundsen confirmed to Norway's NRK channel that a meteorite had indeed exploded some 20 kilometres above the earth's surface on the day of that jump. He said he believed that the object was an fragment of a meteorite in its last "dark flight" or "post-incandescence phase".
“This is the first time in history that a meteorite has been filmed in the air when it is no longer emitting any light,” Amundsen said. “It’s certainly much less likely than winning the lottery three times in a row."
The incident took place in June 2012 in southern Norway and the region has since been combed to find the space rock.
After the video went viral on social media on Friday, experts appeared doubtful.
"I'm more than a little sceptical of this story, but it's not entirely ridiculous," astronomer Scott Manley said on Twitter. "If I were going full tinfoil hat I'd say that it's an easy thing to add to a video. I hope they find the rock on the ground."
"I can't say if it's real or not ... Seems unlikely though," said Phil Plait, an astronomy blogger.
【新聞快訊】
跳傘愛好者們都知道跳傘存在一定危險性，但他們沒有想到連隕石也來湊熱鬧。日前，挪威廣播公司(NRK)播出一段視頻，挪威跳傘好手赫斯托普(Anders Helstrup)在國內(nèi)跳傘時，曾與一塊隕石碎片擦身而過，距離只有幾米遠。
這段視頻是赫斯托普頭盔上的攝影機拍攝。畫面顯示，一塊看似巨石的物體以極快速度掠過赫斯托普，而他當時剛打開降落傘。
地質(zhì)學(xué)家阿蒙森認為，影片中的物體是隕石，且已進入最后的“無光飛行期”(darkflight)，不再發(fā)出光芒。
假如上述說法屬實，這將是處于后白熱光階段(post-incandescence)的隕石首次入鏡。
阿蒙森告訴赫斯托普：“如果你晚幾分之一秒跳下，可能會死。”
這場“隕石奇遇記”于2012年6月發(fā)生在挪威南部，事后這個地區(qū)經(jīng)過徹底搜查，以尋找這塊隕石的蹤跡。