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Photo of light at the top Mount Merapi the so-called suspected falling meteor viral on social media. It is known that the photo was taken by Gunarto Song. What’s the story like?
When asked for confirmation detik.com, Gunarto (44) a resident of Cilacap, Central Java, who currently lives in Jakarta, told of the beginning of being able to take these photos.
“The photo was taken from the Batu Alien location in the Kaliadem area, Cangkringan on Thursday (27/5) night. From the camera file it was 23:07 WIB,” said Gunarto when contacted by reporters, Friday (28/5/2021).
Gunarto said that when he took the picture, he actually saw a white light falling. He called the fall of the light so fast.
“What is certain is that when I said that, I actually saw a white light and it was bright enough that it fell from the top to the bottom, I knew it was only one or two seconds, yes, it was very fast, it fell from top to bottom. I saw that it was right at the top. so,” he said.
He admitted that he had often taken photos of the night atmosphere. Sometimes he also managed to capture meteors.
“This event is similar to a meteor that I have seen so far but it is very close because I know it is above the peak. But I don’t know, this is my perspective, because to be honest there was no booming sound,” he said.
He admitted that for 4 months from February to May he was indeed hunting for photos Mount Merapi from sunrise, sunset, and lava at night. Incidentally that night Gunarto was hunting for photos with view full moon.
“So before the incident, I actually finished shooting. I packed my camera in my bag, suddenly a lot of clouds appeared on Merapi and I wanted to take a picture,” he said.
Finally, he decided to do another photoshoot with speed shorter only 4 seconds in the hope that the cloud is still cloud-shaped.
“After starting to press shutter, at that very moment, the bright light appeared and the count of 1 second. If you use it for 60-120 seconds, the cloud is already in the form of smooth motion, it’s no longer cloud-shaped,” he said.
Previously, Twitter social media was shocked by the circulation of photos of flashes of light called falling meteor at the top of Mount Merapi. What does it look like?
The photo circulated on the Twitter account @merapi_undercover on Friday (28/5). Seen detik.com at 17:52 WIB the post has been liked 24 thousand times and received 721 replies.
“Meteor Falls on the Peak Mount Merapi, Kali Adem, Cangkringan, Yogyakarta (27 May 2021)
????: Gunarto_song,” write the account @merapi_uncover, Friday (28/5/2021).
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