The shocking meteorite that shook Australia

May 21, 2019

A security camera managed to capture the moment when a meteor fell on Australian territory and caused a huge flash of light in the night sky.

The shocking situation lived in Australia astonished all the citizens of Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. The meteor shower that occurred at midnight Monday left everyone stunned and frightened by the noise and vibration.

Superintendent of Police, James O. Brien, badured that agents have received a phone call from a resident about a "Beautiful and bright white light that illuminated Alice Springs as it was daytime". Noise such as thunder, noise and window tremors have also been reported.

For its part Brad Tucker, astrophysicist from the National University of Australia, expressed in a dialogue with Daily mail that it was an impressive meteor shower. "The blue-green color indicates that he had ironyes, most of the time, it was probably less big, maybe three to five meters, "said the specialist.

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In turn, made it clear that it was one of the thousands of meteorites that fell, although the others were smaller than it was not so easy to identify.

The shocking video where we perfectly see the meteorite falling and generating a bluish-colored trail in the Australian skies was captured by a local police security camera. After what happened, the agents examined the records and found the precise moment.

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So, the police authorities decided to share this video on their social networks and it quickly became viral and was replicated worldwide. "I was awake and I heard that the atmosphere, the sound emitted, two fast explosions, stayed long with me … EPIC," wrote one of the residents who attended this incredible moment.

Video: Facebook NTPFESAlice Springs