Fire in the Sky

Meteor fireball crashes onto Indonesia's Merapi volcano

Jamie
World Of Buzz
Sat, 29 May 2021 00:06 UTC

One of the most breathtaking and surreal scenes was caught on camera in Jogjakarta, Indonesia as its night sky lights up when a meteor suddenly enters the atmosphere and crashes into the Mount Merapi volcano there. Making its rounds in social media, a video of the majestic meteor was shared by @jogjaupdate yesterday.

The footage itself was actually from Thursday (27 May 2021) and was captured by a CCTV from Megadata, an internet service provider company in Indonesia. Specifically, the CCTV footage was recorded from a Megadata facility in Kalitengah Kidul, Jogjakarta which is where Mount Merapi is located.

You can see the footage of the meteor lighting up the skies above the Mount Merapi volcano here:

Meteor fireball captured over Brazil

Bramon Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
YouTube
Fri, 28 May 2021 03:59 UTC

Beautiful meteor recorded by the cameras of BRAMON and Clima ao Vivo in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina at dawn on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

(Translated by google).

Bright meteor fireball observed over Scotland and Northern Ireland

Sott.net
Fri, 28 May 2021 07:29 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 122 reports (event 2983-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over County Donegal, County Dublin, County Galway, County Louth, County Roscommon, County Sligo, County Wicklow, England, Northern Ireland, Peel, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday, May 26th 2021 around 21:53 UT.

Loud boom, shaking in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Sierra Jenkins and Stacy Parker
The Virginian-Pilot
Mon, 24 May 2021 23:08 UTC

If you heard a loud boom at the Oceanfront and other areas in Hampton Roads, you're not alone.

Several people are reporting their house shook and there were booming sounds this morning, with the first around 11 a.m.

One person in north Virginia Beach said they heard "a loud noise like thunder" in First Landing Park off of Shore Drive. In Hampton and Poquoson, several residents said their windows rattled and they felt their houses shake.

Paul Carusol, a seismologist with United State Geological Services, said the agency saw a spike on its seismometers.

Don Blakeman, another seismologist with the agency, said analysts with USGS do not believe there was an earthquake.

When asked whether jets could cause some kind of sonic boom and show up on the agency's monitors, Blakeman said it's possible. Over the years people from Virginia and the Carolinas have called USGS thinking there was an earthquake, which Blakeman said turned out to be a sonic boom caused by military activity.

Meteor fireball spotted over Maryland Tuesday May 25

Justinweather.com
Wed, 26 May 2021 19:57 UTC

Shortly before 10 PM on Tuesday May 25 2021, a large fireball streaked across the sky of the Mid Atlantic US. This was centered over Maryland and captured by various cameras. Thanks to Mike Hankey, his All Sky Cam network, and the American Meteor Society for enhancing the documentation of the event.

Meteor fireball streaks over northeast Brazil

Bramon Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
YouTube
Mon, 24 May 2021 05:51 UTC

A beautiful meteor was seen on the night of Saturday, May 22, in four states in the Northeast. The phenomenon occurred at 18:59 (Brasília time) on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte and was recorded by the cameras of BRAMON and Clima ao Vivo in Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Ceará.

(Translated by google).

Green meteor fireball recorded over Morocco

Sott.net
Wed, 19 May 2021 06:41 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 5 reports (event 2847-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over Casablanca-Settat, Drâa-Tafilalet, Marrakesh-Safi and Souss Massa on Monday, May 17th 2021 around 20:31 UT.

For this event, the AMS received 2 videos.

Daytime meteor fireball recorded by cameras in Bahia, Brazil

Samira Avelar
climaaovivo.com.br
Mon, 17 May 2021 10:40 UTC

Day Meteor

Live Weather Cameras recorded a meteor during the morning of this Monday (17th) in Bahia. Check the locations below:

- Andaraí / BA - Ibsol Telecom
- Ibiquera / BA - Ibsol Telecom
- Ibitiara / BA - Ibsol Telecom
- Miguel Calmon / BA - Heptanet

(Translated by Google)

Meteor fireball seen over Shanxi, China

American Meteor Society
Tue, 18 May 2021 10:26 UTC

We received one report about a fireball seen over Shanxi on Friday, May 7th 2021 around 16:42 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

Slow-moving meteor fireball recorded over the Mediterranean Sea

Meteors
Sat, 15 May 2021 06:48 UTC

This slow bolide was recorded form Spain on 2021 May 14 at 4:25 local time (equivalent to 2:25 universal time). It overflew the Mediterranean Sea between the coasts of Spain and Morocco. The fireball was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 68,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 89 km over the Mediterranean Sea over a point located at about 13 km from the coast of Spain, and ended at a height of around 29 km over a point located at about 34 km from the coast of Morocco.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almería), Sierra Nevada (Granada), and Sevilla.