Amazingly large fireball passes over Lake Erie seen by hundreds
Posted By RichC on October 23, 2024
My daughter Katelyn forwarded me this impressive fireball image and earthsky.org article with a YouTube video captured by people from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and even Western NY (she hinted that it was “blogworthy” … so what is a dad to do? Share it, obviously). 🙂
The meteor (??) was clearly seen streaking over Lake Erie from West to East in the evening sky on October 21, 2024. Here’s a snippet from the article that adds a bit more information:
There’s a reason that fireballs are visible from such a large area. That is, they appear at a high altitude of 50 miles (80 km). The Taurid meteor shower is currently active and above the horizon at that time of night. But this fireball was moving in a direction opposite the Taurids. So this event was most likely a random meteor, not associated with any known meteor shower.
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