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Perseid meteor fireball caught on camera in skies above Macedonia on August 13

Screenshot of Perseid shower shooting star on Macedonia skies.
Screenshot of Perseid shower shooting star on Macedonia skies.
A fireball from the Perseid meteor shower was captured in vivid detail, firing up the skies above the Ohrid lake in Macedonia this week. Perseid meteor shower, an annual phenomenon of comet particles burning up in the skies, peaked in the second week of August.

The Macedonian skies witnessed the fireball from the Perseid meteor shower at 1:03 am local time on Tuesday (Aug 13). It was captured in a set of cameras set up by videographer Stojan Stojanovski.

Stojanovski runs the YouTube channel Ohrid Info, which shares videos and information about Ohrid, Macedonia, famous for Lake Ohrid.

Most of these videos are from 24-hour live cameras set up in the Ohrid region.

Watch the meteor shower captured in the cameras set up by Ohrid Info across Lake Ohrid:


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Giant meteor fireball lights up the night sky in Makurazaki City, Japan on August 11

Fireball in Makurazaki, Japan
Fireball in Makurazaki, Japan
In the latest viral video doing the rounds on social media, we see a fireball tearing through the night sky before exploding, in Japan's Makurazaki city.

The footage since being uploaded online has gone viral. Watch the video below.


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Meteor fireball over Kansas and other states on August 6

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We received 29 reports about a fireball seen over KS, MO, NE and OK on Tuesday, August 6th 2024 around 02:31 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil on August 3

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We received one report about a fireball seen over Mato Grosso do Sul on Saturday, August 3rd 2024 around 03:05 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over Kansas and Oklahoma on July 29

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We received 5 reports about a fireball seen over KS and OK on Monday, July 29th 2024 around 08:34 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over south of Spain (July 25)

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The bright fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on July 26, at 1:50 local time (equivalent to 23:50 universal time on Jule 26). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 54,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the provinces of Jaén and Albacete (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 77 km over the locality of Camporredondo (province of Jaén), moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 41 km over the locality of Villapalacios (province of Albacete).

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, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), and Sevilla. 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).


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Meteor fireball over Connecticut and 2 other states on July 27

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We received 7 reports about a fireball seen over CT, MA and NH on Saturday, July 27th 2024 around 00:50 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Connecticut and other states on July 26

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We received 5 reports about a fireball seen over CT, NJ, NY and PA on Friday, July 26th 2024 around 06:15 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over California and 2 other states on July 26

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We received 34 reports about a fireball seen over CA, NM and TX on Friday, July 26th 2024 around 04:22 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos and 6 photos.


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Meteor fireball over France on July 23

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We received 6 reports about a fireball seen over Île-de-France and Hauts-de-France on Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 around 23:43 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.