Meteors come close to Earth very often, and we all have to be thankful for nature that most of them get completely obliterated in the sky due to air friction.
Another imposing meteor was spotted in the skies above New Brighton (England), and it seemed pretty peculiar. The space object looked like it was getting bigger as it was approaching the ground.
Thanks to a doorbell camera mounted in front of one of the houses from the region that witnessed the meteor, we can now see some relevant footage:
There’s no information yet if the meteor actually reached the surface, and hopefully, the whole space object got destroyed by air friction as it usually happens. And, as far as we know, there’s no sign of anybody who might have gotten hurt.
At the beginning of the year, another possible meteor caused some ground-shaking much farther away – over the ocean, to be more specific, in Pittsburgh. A deafening sound and entire houses trembling represented the combination of events that made residents start concerning.
NWS Pittsburgh wrote at that time via Twitter:
The loud explosion heard over SW PA earlier may have been a meteor explosion. This GOES-16 GLM Total Optical Energy product shows a flash that was not associated with lightning. No confirmation, but this is the most likely explanation at this time.
The loud explosion heard over SW PA earlier may have been a meteor explosion. This GOES-16 GLM Total Optical Energy product shows a flash that was not associated with lightning. No confirmation, but this is the most likely explanation at this time. pic.twitter.com/ArtHCEA1RT
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) January 1, 2022
Last year in September, another meteor was spotted over the skies of England, and it was pretty much just as imposing as the one that makes the subject of this article. Check the relevant footage below:
As you can easily conclude by now, meteors come and go very often, and there’s pretty much nothing that we can do to avoid it. But after all, they represent a part of the beauty of the Cosmos and they remind us how small we all are.