The U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas recorded echoes of the Perseid Meteors as they passed over the monitoring facility. Includes imagery of a meteor photographed by astronaut Ron Garan aboard the International Space Station.That Jetsons-esque “whoop” is the moment of impact (so to speak), and the high-pitched whine that follows is ionized debris scattering into the atmosphere.
[dvice] via Weird: The Sound of a Dying Meteor [Video]