. Guide leaflet. Not infrequently on clear nights faintmoving sparks of light may be seen toemanate sporadically from the starrycanopy and increase in brightness as theymove rapidly towards the earth, butseldom reach it before quickly andsilently disappearing. Such objects arecalled ^shooting stars or small , a brilliant streak of lightwith a more or less well-defined headcalled a fireball or bolide, accom-panied by a hissing sound and detona-tions, will light the sky momentarily andstrike the earth at a place near or beyondthe range of vision of the are also
. Guide leaflet. Not infrequently on clear nights faintmoving sparks of light may be seen toemanate sporadically from the starrycanopy and increase in brightness as theymove rapidly towards the earth, butseldom reach it before quickly andsilently disappearing. Such objects arecalled ^shooting stars or small , a brilliant streak of lightwith a more or less well-defined headcalled a fireball or bolide, accom-panied by a hissing sound and detona-tions, will light the sky momentarily andstrike the earth at a place near or beyondthe range of vision of the are also meteors, but of a largersize than the shootingstar type. Perhaps acloud of dust will be seento rise from the placewhere it struck and itslodgment can be definite-ly located. When thespot is approached, theremay be seen a newly madehole, one or more feet in A PORTION OF THE ROSE CITY, MICHIGAN, METEORITE Composed of a network of stone and metallic masses with a black crust appearing on the upper and lower margins
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