Wonderful World YouTube Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:05 UTC
Both in Mendoza and in the vicinity of Santiago de Chile, a huge flash could be seen in the sky, a "fireball" that was heading for the Andes Mountains around 5:30 in the morning.
Thanks to a video shared by a user, you can see the amazing phenomenon that appears above the lights of the city and the dark night and vanishes between the mountains. A similar event was also reported in New Zealand and Mexico.
According to what witnesses told, the fireball sounded like thunder once it entered the atmosphere, so several people from Maipú, San Martín, Godoy Cruz, Tunuyán, Lavalle and Luján de Cuyo, in Mendoza, woke up startled. at dawn.
New Zealanders across the North Island have reported rumbling, crackling sounds, a fireball and a huge flash of light streaking across the sky on Thursday afternoon, in what scientists believe was likely a meteor.
Local media outlets and social media were flooded with reports and queries about the sight, with some witnesses describing rumbles, bangs, a crackling sound in their ears, hair standing on end, rattling windows or a streak or explosion of light, followed by a smoke trail.
Seismologists at Geonet picked up a presumed sound wave from the object, and weather scientists for Metservice believe they picked up the object - or its smoke trail - on radar.
Plumber Curtis Powell captured the phenomenon on his dashcam while driving north of Shannon at 1.39pm on Thursday.
This bolide was spotted over Spain on June 30, at 23:58 local time (equivalent to 21:58 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 102,000 km/h. The fireball overflew southern Spain. It began at an altitude of about 103 km over the locality of Cacin (province of Granada), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 65 km over the locality of Baena (province of Córdoba).
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, CAHA, OSN, La Sagra, Sevilla, and El Aljarafe. 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).
meteorosmontecastelosc YouTube Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:17 UTC
Meteor streaks the sky of SC at 19:16 pm last night.
According to the data indicated by the initial analysis between the BRAMON stations located in Monte Castelo/SC and Florianópolis/SC, the phenomenon lasted about 4 seconds.
It took place over the Santa Catarina municipalities of Curitibanos and Videira. It started to glow at an altitude of approximately 90 km and disappeared at 40 km altitude. The entry angle in relation to the ground was about 52º and the observed speed was 54,000 km/h (15 km/s).