© LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google EarthSouth Africa Bolide, 12 MAR 2013
12 March 2013 - Hein Maij, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa 12h30
5 seconds duration. East-West direction, I was facing South. Bright white light then explosion. Very white bright color.12 March 2013 - Danni, Cape Town, SA 12:30
3-5 seconds duration. North-South direction. As bright as the Sun, it was white. It was burning and shooting down.12 March 2013 - Leon Coetzee, Cape Town, SA 12:45
5 seconds duration. Southwest. Brilliant white colour, the whitest white, like a spot light. Part seemed to fall off. Very big white ball with long white tail. It looked like it was about 10 to 15 km away. Then an explosion, no more light just a huge ball of smoke. Most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life. Very exited. Don't know why it wasn't on the news. Didn't anybody else see it?????????12 March 2013 - Ray Lowe, Somerset West, SA 12.30
10 seconds duration. West-east direction. Bright red & white colour, lots of cloud, no debris. It was same brightness as the sun.12 March 2013 - Sandra Nortje, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa ~12:25 GMT
2-3 seconds duration. Southwest-Northeast direction. It had a yellowish tail. Less bright than the sun, more so than the moon. It had something of a split tail, brighter on the outsides than in the middle.12 March 2013 - Jean Visser, Ashton, South Africa 12.30 GMT
I was driving from Montagu, SA to Ashton, SA and just 1km before Ashton, SA I saw this bright light on my right hand side. My eyes caught it immediately. It was this big fire ball coming down to earth with a lot of smoke at the end. I did tell people but they think I talk nonsense but on the other hand it was really really beautiful to see such a thing for 5 seconds.
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And they quote an astronomer for saying:
“There are two meteor showers in March with one peaking on March 13 and this could be related to that.
Loaring said another meteor shower would start later this month and peak in April.”
“Meteor showers are best viewed in the morning. Up to eight an hour can be seen,” Loaring said.
People shouldn’t be alarmed since these were “common and predictable”.
'best viewed in the morning' At what hour does he rise? This one was well viewed at 12:30 a.m.
'common'? Yes, there have been a few lately.
'predictable'? Sure, random and predictable.