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The stunning fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on November 18, at 3:17 local time (equivalent to 2:17 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 132,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Granada (Spain), the Mediterranean Sea, and Moroccos. It began at an altitude of about 93 km over the locality of Saleres (province of Granada, Spain), moved southwest, overflew the Mediterranean Sea, and ended at a height of around 41 km over the locality of Ait Hamza (Morocco).

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Huelva, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, and Mazagón (Huelva). 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). Its code in the SWEMN database is: SWEMN20251118_021744.