A fireball was observed for a short time above the Netherlands on Friday evening. The fireball was recorded at 7 p.m. on cameras of the Meteors Working Group, the association reports. A dashcam also captured the shooting star near Amsterdam.
A fireball was observed for a short time above the Netherlands on Friday evening. The fireball was recorded at 7 p.m. on cameras of the Meteors Working Group, the association reports. A dashcam also captured the shooting star near Amsterdam.
The Meteors working group writes on Twitter that the fireball was visible from Dwingeloo in Drenthe for about twenty seconds.
Michiel Severin of Weerplaza tells Het Parool that it is a shooting star that is so bright that it can be seen as a fireball. According to him, this happens regularly, but it is rare that it is captured on image. “You just have to be lucky to capture her. When you see it live, you don’t have time to get your camera.”
The meteorologist tells the newspaper that the fireball may have belonged to the peak of last Tuesday’s meteor shower Leonids. “Certain meteor showers have an increased risk of fireballs, because the space debris contains somewhat larger stones,” said Severin.
The fireball was observed in several places; for example, there were reports from people in the vicinity of Schiphol, Zwolle and Groningen.
