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Signs of a Tunguska like event in Chile 12000 years ago

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a detection of a bolide explosion in Chile 12000 years ago.


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Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile

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Meteor fireball seen over Sicily, Italy on November 11

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A meteorite was spotted in Sicily during the first evening of yesterday, Thursday 11 November 2021, around 5:40 pm. The major reports have come from Agrigento but some fragments may have ended up in the sea north-west of Palermo, as visible from the Weather Sicily cams. To give the news, with a lot of image, the environmental association Mareamico delegation of Agrigento. "A fragment of meteorite sighted in the area of ​​via Imera downstream", they write on their Facebook profile.


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Meteor fireball seen over New York and surrounding states on November 13

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We received 172 reports about a fireball seen over CT, DE, MD, NJ, NY and PA on Saturday, November 13th 2021 around 21:29 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos and 2 photos.


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Meteor fireball seen over Georgia and other states on November 10

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We received 23 reports about a fireball seen over AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC and TN on Wednesday, November 10th 2021 around 10:08 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over south of Spain (13 Nov.)

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This bright fireball was recorded from Spain on 13 Nov. 2021 at 20:01 local time ( 19:01universal time). It was produced by a fragment from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 101,000 km / h. The event overflew the Mediterranean Sea and the province of Almería (Andalusia). It began at an altitude of about 96 km over the Mediterranean, and ended at a height of around 54 km over Almería.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

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Meteor fireball filmed over St Petersburg, Russia

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Meteor lights up in St. Petersburg, Russia.


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Meteor fireball over Salento, Italy

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A round 7 pm on Wednesday, a luminous trail passed by, followed by a loud roar. The experts of the Apulian Civil Protection: "It was a" fireball ", that is a very bright meteor belonging to the phenomenon of the South Taurids, a meteor shower that originates from the debris of the Comet Encke" which burns on impact with the atmosphere

In the late afternoon of Wednesday 10 November, a luminous trail was sighted in the skies of Salento, followed by a loud roar. The experts of the Apulian Civil Protection explain that "it was the passage of a" bolide ", that is a very bright meteor belonging to the phenomenon of the South Taurids, a meteor shower that originates from the debris of the comet Encke" which burns on impact with the atmosphere. "They are not rare phenomena but they have also been observed in recent years", said the manager of the regional civil protection, Mario Lerario. functional, the National Department of Civil Protection and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology ".


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Meteor fireball turns 'night into day' in western Japan, falling to Earth

Footage from a live camera placed near the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Tarumi Ward, in Kobe, shows a fireball lighting up the sky at 11:16 p.m. on Nov. 10. (Provided by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge live camera)
Footage from a live camera placed near the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Tarumi Ward, in Kobe, shows a fireball lighting up the sky at 11:16 p.m. on Nov. 10. (Provided by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge live camera)
A fireball or large meteor was spotted in areas including the Kinki region in western Japan, plummeting toward Earth on the night of Nov. 10.

Accounts and images of sightings of the object quickly went viral on social media and online video-sharing platforms.

A live camera placed near the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Hyogo Prefecture caught images of the fireball at 11:16 p.m.

The footage captured the meteor for five seconds, which was falling through a break in the clouds in the night sky, changing in color from green to red.


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Meteor fireball seen over Georgia and states to the northwest

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We received 43 reports about a fireball seen over AL, GA, IN, KY, MS and TN on Tuesday, November 9th 2021 around 23:42 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Bright green meteor fireball lights up the night sky in North Carolina and surrounding states

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We received 482 reports about a fireball seen over DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA and WV on Thursday, November 11th 2021 around 02:11 UT.

For this event, we received 14 videos and 7 photos.