The fall of a meteorite created a "green fireball" that lit up the night in Florida

"What is that ?!"here is how a resident of Tallahbadee North Florida when a fireball went on Saturday night. He was not the only one to have seen it.

Various video reports that quickly circulated on social networks have reported this phenomenon and, before speculation began, the authorities confirmed that It was the fall of a meteorite.

Around 11:52 p.m. local time, the space rock burst into the atmosphere near Taylor County, detailed the National Meteorological Service (NWS).

The meteor flash caused a intense brightness that the satellites that usually follow lightning and thunderstorms have detected it.

The NWS released a photo of when the GOES lighting system recorded the meteorite.

Another meteorological service office in Charleston, Caroline from the south, also recorded the brightness of the fireball in the sky. South of georgia The observation has also been reported.

Residents of Tallahbadee They showed their astonishment on Twitter and other social networks. A barrage of videos from different angles showed this spectacular phenomenon.

Jania Kadar and her friend were cleaning their garden after spending Saturday afternoon chatting with friends when the sky cleared.

"It was as if someone were lighting the stage lights… I looked up and there was that green glow, you could almost see it as it was daylight, "Jania told Florida Today.

"It only lasted for a brief moment, a few seconds", he added." For the moment, my brain was wondering "what is it?" It was finished. "

The authorities could not confirm the specific site where the meteorite fell.

Just in early February, another space rock came into the Earth for the region, which alarmed locals.

The NWS office in Key West reported that a meteorite had fallen in Cuba, causing an explosion, shards of glbad and a plume of smoke.

"Strong" explosions "were heard in the afternoon of this Friday in the city of Pinar del Río and in the municipalities of this province as Sandino and San Luis "informed Granma

Meteorites: constant visitors

Meteorites that roam the sidereal space are "vestiges" of the formation of the solar system. Rocky bodies of irregular shapes and sizes that revolve around the Sun, mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where the asteroid belt is located.

When they escape from the belt by a gravitational pull they are attracted to other bodies, in this case the Earth.

Its composition varies depending on the type of rock, clay. They can also be formed by metals such as nickel and iron.

The speed at which they enter the atmosphere and their decomposition generate enough energy to brighten briefly at night when they rush to the earth.

It is estimated that they fall on Earth 60 meteorites per hour of different sizes. Most disintegrate in the upper atmosphere, making them imperceptible to humans.