NASA cameras spot extremely bright meteor streak through the sky over Alabama

Aug 18 2018 by Mashable

 

Dozens of people in the Southeast U.S. were treated to a special cosmic show in the wee hours of Friday morning.

An exceedingly bright fireball meteor streaked above that part of the country at about 1:19 a.m. ET on Friday, and it was caught in the act by NASA's all sky cameras in Alabama. 

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"Early results indicate the fireball, which was at least 40 times as bright as the Full Moon, was...

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