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The superb fireball in this video was recorded on May 15, at 2:12 local time (equivalent to 0:12 universal time).

It was brighter than the full Moon. The fireball was observed by a wide number of casual eyewitnesses, who reported it on social networks.

The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 106,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. It began at an altitude of about 98 km over the Mediterranean Sea, moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 39 km over El Almendral (province of Granada).

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 Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almería), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, Otura (Granada), 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: SWEMN20260515_001248.