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A LARGE FIREBALL.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes: “On September 7, at 7.45 P.M., G.M.T., a large fireball was observed from many places in the south-west of England. As viewed from Par, Cornwall, it appeared as large as the full moon, and passed from the west over north-west, and finally disappeared in north-north-west. It left a brilliant trail of light, and this remained conspicuously obvious to the unaided eye during five minutes. The trail exhibited some singular changes of shape and position while it continued in sight. It first assumed a vertical direction, after which the extremities curved to the left and formed a semi-circle.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 112, 454 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112454a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112454a0