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Photos have surfaced of what appears to be an object falling from the sky. Gudrun Limbrick posted the photo in the Facebook page A Place In North Devon.
People have been coming up with possible explanations including a meteorite, plane entrails or a strange cloud. It was seen from all over North Devon including in Combe Martin and Braunton.
Gudrun said: "I live in Woolacombe and popped my head out the door to have a look at the post-sunset sky about 8pm. I watched it for about 20 minutes as it moved down the sky and changed shape."
Do you think you know what the object might be? If so get in touch by emailing fran@northdevonjournal.co.uk
© Gudrun LimbrickThese photos were captured by Gudrun Limbrick this evening.
Gudrun said: "I live in Woolacombe and popped my head out the door to have a look at the post-sunset sky about 8pm. I watched it for about 20 minutes as it moved down the sky and changed shape."
Do you think you know what the object might be? If so get in touch by emailing fran@northdevonjournal.co.uk
© Via YouTube/Cloud
This wonderful slow-moving fireball overflew Aragón and Catalonia on March 24th, 2016 at 0h47m20s UTC and was recorded by cameras at the Folgueroles AAO-CSIC-IEEC station (Pep Pujols/J.M.Trigo).
The fireball experienced periodic changes in its luminosity due to the fast spinning of the meteoroid when it penetrated Earth's atmosphere.
Fireball filmed in the sky of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada on March 26, 2016.
There is no comment on the video. But the video of this exploding fireball is awesome:
Did you hear any booms or weird noises related to these two sky events?
Experts from Munster said they are 'delighted' to recover several fragments identified as being of the 'LL Chondritenklasse' (LL chondrite) class of meteorite - mostly stone with very little metal inside. This image shows how the meteorite looks under the polarising microscope
Experts from Munster said they are 'delighted' to recover several fragments identified as being of the 'LL Chondritenklasse' (LL chondrite) class of meteorite - mostly stone with very little metal inside.
The latest fragments, which struck the earth in the municipality of Stubenberg in Bavaria, are already being studied excitedly by experts, who anticipate more fragments will still turn up.
The fireball was spotted over Bavaria on 6 March.
The fireball was spotted over Bavaria on 6 March (pictured)
'By analysing images of the entry, we were able to locate the impact point and find fragments on the ground, in total weighing 40g.
More than 40 reports were made to the AMS from people who claim to have witnessed the event from Kendall to Jupiter. Nine reports came from people in Palm Beach County.
Mike Hankey, operations manager for the American Meteor Society, said it was a random fireball and not part of a known meteor shower.
"Lots of folks are talking about it," Hankey said. "It only happened three hours ago, so not much information yet."
A report from a West Palm Beach man says the fireball cut a long trail across the sky.
"Train was glowing an iridescent or almost neon blue with white edges," the man reported. "Looked like it was 300-500 yards behind the fireball itself but was still attached to the head of the fireball."
Estimated trajectory of this morning’s fireball based on witness reports.
© Fireballs.imo.net
"It looked like the blue light of a police helicopter, but it moved too fast and too diagonally," a resident of Rotterdam said. Readers of the Dutch 'Astroblogs' website reported seeing a 'green, luminous phenomenon'.
Another reader, Remco Haring, reported seeing something passing by 'for two seconds', and which 'ended in a green or blue light'. Haring described it as appearing to have 'consisted of multiple parts', indicating that the meteor fireball disintegrated into fragments.
© www.bbc.comMeteor over Ringwood in Hampshire, UK
Its colour has prompted people on Twitter to describe it as the St Patrick's Day meteor.
Describing the meteor as "spectacular", Dr John Mason of the British Astronomical Association said it was bright enough to be categorised as a fireball. He believes it was a piece of cosmic rock which almost certainly came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. He said the green colour was caused by the meteor heating up the oxygen in the earth's atmosphere.
Richard Kacerek, from the UK Meteor Observation Network, told the BBC it had received reports from across the country. He said the network's camera at Church Crookham in Hampshire had captured the meteor from the west. "This is the biggest meteor sighting we have recorded," Mr Kacerek said. "It lasted for a few seconds. It was seen for hundreds of miles. We have received a number of emails."
© American Meteor SocietyIt's raining fireballs all over the place
A fireball is defined as a meteor that is brighter than the planet Venus and usually has a bright trailing tail.
The reason for the increase in fireball activity is "still unknown," NASA says, but one thought is simply that more space debris litters the Earth's orbit near the spring equinox, which is March 20.
Comment: Sure, more space debris is littering Earth's orbit near the spring equinox now - as in, this is a new phenomenon!
According to the AMS, 2016 has seen an increase in the number of reported fireballs. Since Jan. 1, 910 fireballs have been reported through its online report program, compared to 839 reports received during the same time last year.
Comment: Whoever at NASA made these statements clearly hasn't checked their own data. February and March are typically among the lowest months for fireball numbers.
It's looking like the overall trend will be way up this year, with much more to come in the typically more active second-half of the year.
For spectacular footage of just some of the hundreds of meteor fireballs that lit up the night sky the world over last month, check out our latest instalment of the SOTT Earth Changes Summary video:
SOTT Earth Changes Summary - February 2016: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
See also:
NASA space data supports citizens' observations: Meteor fireballs are increasing dramatically
© Youtube/Kat Martin2016 (screen capture)
Watch this awesome fireball disintegrating in the sky of Yellowstone National Park just near Old Faithful Geyser on February 29, 2016. But what is this big flash of light toward the end of the recording? OMG an earthquake light?
This timelaspe video shows a fireball striking over the Yellowstone National Park on February 29, 2016. But at the end of the footage, 25 seconds after the beginning, a bright flash of light cuts off the silent darkness.
Comment: Indeed, much time seems to pass between the streak of light, which could well have been another incoming meteor fireball, and the flash of light. The two events do seem to be related though. A possible plasma discharge event?
© Youtube/asteroid457
Comment: Because it was the brightest ever recorded over the UK, they're also saying it was the largest.
Things are heating up!