Meteor captured in front of the camera running through the sky in central Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) –

Texas is fully capable of shining "big and bright" after the appearance of a striped meteor in the sky on Thursday night.

In the Killeen area, Christopher Cato's video shows the brilliance of light captured by his digital camera as he was crossing the atmosphere.

Others in central Texas said they heard a loud explosion.

A woman from Hempstead told ABC13's meteorologist Travis Herzog that she had spotted the blue flash, which was taking on a turquoise hue as it crossed the night sky.

Viewer Mary Ann Miron said she saw something unusual explode in the sky around 9:30 pm. to the west of Highway 6 on FM 1736.

"A giant ball like a meteorite has changed the color spectrum of the rainbow until it turns into a gorgeous turquoise," said Miron. "I saw shooting stars, but it was huge and colorful!"

NASA defines a meteor as a piece of rock that comes off an asteroid orbiting the sun. It burns when it enters the earth's atmosphere.

If part of the rock survives the journey into the atmosphere and strikes the surface of the earth, it becomes a meteorite.

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The meteor shower Leonid has occurred this weekend but Travis says there is no way to know if this meteor is part of it.

Did you see the meteor burning in the air on Thursday?

If that's the case, you can report the fireballs here at the American Meteor Society.

Several people from Sealy, Katy and Houston have already filed several reports on the site.

You can also share photos with ABC13 on social media using the hashtag # ABC13Eyewitness.

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