Video: a meteor lit the Canadian sky in blue and surprised everyone

A meteor illuminated the sky in blue Canada and surprised the inhabitants of the north of the province of Alberta, who recorded images of the fleeting moment. By the way, the meteorite left a trace that lasted several seconds. The spectacular sighting was captured in the early hours of Monday morning.

Joe Speer, a neighbor from a town in Alberta said Global News that he was able to observe the exact moment of the phenomenon when he went to work. “It surprised me, I can tell you. I was lucky enough to see this show because you rarely see it, ”he said of the situation. The images circulating on social networks were captured by home cameras.

Meanwhile, an expert even considered that there might be fragments of the meteor that could have reached Earth. Geoff Robertson, former president of Royal Astronomical Society Edmonton Center from Canada, says Leatherbridge News Now that the phenomenon was probably the size of a refrigerator and that a few small pieces would have survived its fall.

“Watching the videos I saw sparks as they went down, indicating that they were probably breaking. So I would say that probably a few pieces eventually fell off, landing on the ground somewhere, ”he says.

On the other hand, he argued that if something is recovered from the meteor, it could be used to help gather more information. “Whether it’s an iron meteor or a ‘stony’ meteor, and if they get enough data, they can trace the original orbit around the sun and find out where it came from. really, ”said the expert.

The blue fireball was sighted from the eastern part of the province at Saskatchewan and from west to British Columbia, and from south to north Montana until High Prairie, where it was visible almost from above, according to local media.

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