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This shot of the meteor was taken from a plane.
A suspected low-flying meteor has lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23.
Video from the event in the city in China's Qinghai Province showed a bright fireball streaking across and lighting the dark sky.
According to reports, the fireball was probably a bolide and
it might have dropped several meteorite fragments somewhere in the area.
A bolide is a very bright meteor.
Chinese social media reported users as saying there was a series of large bangs as the meteor apparently made its way to Earth.
China's Earthquake Networks Centre said through its
social media account that a suspected bolide landed near the border between Nangqian County and Yusu County at 7.25am, but no one was injured.
The meteor was also spotted by passengers on a plane travelling from Xi'an to Lhasa as it streaked through the sky.
Comment: The Daily Mail provides a few more details of the awesome event:
In another piece of footage, the burning object is seen descending quickly towards hills and fields.
In a third clip, the fireball becomes brighter and bigger as it approaches the ground.
Dan Ba, a local, said he witnessed the fireball while taking his child to school.
'It started very small, but three minutes later it became very big and bright,' the parent told Pear Video.
Yu Jun, chief writer of Chinese science website Guokr, told Beijing News that the fireball looked like a bolide, which is a very bright meteor.
The Nanxiang County Government told Red Star News that it had heard of the matter but was unclear of the details.
It brings to mind the spectacular fireball that roared through Russia's skies on February 15th, 2013, which SOTT reported on at the time:
Fireball explodes over Russian city: Widespread panic and structural damage, Thousand people injured
Although there have been a great many smaller events since then, as recorded in our
Fire In The Sky section.
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More footage and data is emerging on Twitter:
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