Meteor Exploded So Brightly It Triggered Doorbell Cams Across Northern England
21:17:50. Washington UK pic.twitter.com/b6dzGZT5md
— Louise M (@LouiseMety) February 19, 2021
- Meteor Exploded So Brightly It Triggered Doorbell Cams Across Northern England
by https://www.rt.com/
Residents in northern England and Scotland were treated to a spectacular celestial display this week when a suspected bolide exploded as it struck the Earth’s atmosphere. The night skies over northern England exploded into light for a brief second courtesy of the huge flash, with residents marvelling at what it might be, anything from a military test to a crashing plane.
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Thankfully, several people received alerts of suspicious activity on their doorbell cameras, only to discover they had, in fact, managed to record the ethereal, extraterrestrial effulgence.
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“I’ve seen meteors before but this one I was stunned by the colour, the length of the fireball and the length of time it was in the sky,” said one stunned resident.
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Reports streamed in to the International Meteor Organization (IMO) and the UK Meteor Network from all over the northern UK about the celestial pyrotechnics display, which occurred at roughly 21:20 local time.
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Taken from my dashcam on drive home. Warning, loud music. pic.twitter.com/KNw7KCqebE
— Chris (@Chainz45) February 19, 2021
Last night we got some really interesting meteors pic.twitter.com/cBYM51H228
— UK Meteor Network (@UKMeteorNetwork) February 19, 2021
Multiple visual reports of a fireball over Scotland last night (18th Feb '21). Denis Buczynski's south facing camera (in Tarbatness) detected it at 21:17:49, at an almost due south azimuth, passing just to the left of Orion. Hoping others caught it too. pic.twitter.com/74T1lRcAU0
— William Stewart (@nemetodemeteor) February 19, 2021
Last night there were lots of Meteor sightings throughout the UK @UKMeteorNetwork one of my cameras picked up this Meteor at 22:08 ! missed the earlier fireball ! ? pic.twitter.com/fPtGSaKiJA
— Paul Bunyard (@wildaboutimages) February 19, 2021
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