Space radar captures echoes of Perseid meteor shower (video)

Everyone knows lasers make a “pew pew” sound, but shouldn’t there be a legitimate effect button for top-speed burning meteors? Well, the usa Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas just recorded its own, capturing echoes of the Perseid meteor shower last Friday night. Each year, the Earth orbits directly right into a cloud of debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet, which expend as they fly in the course of the atmosphere at a staggering 133,200 mph. Identical to the sound of a lightsaber slicing during the air, they make some pretty sweet sound effects — perfect on your next auto-tune experiment . Look at the audio with some ISS pics thrown in for good measure after the break.

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