WATCH: Meteor lights up the night sky
Reuters
First posted: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:18 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:34 AM EDT
MOSCOW - Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the Arctic Circle over the weekend.
There were no reports of damage but the ball of fire raised eyebrows after a meteorite crashed to Earth near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013, shattering windows, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,200 people.
Footage from a dashboard camera in a car on a snow-lined road in the Murmansk region, north of the Arctic Circle, showed a bright ball streaking diagonally toward Earth, pulsating twice and disappearing behind a building.
The time was 2:14 a.m. on Sunday.
Russia's TV Tsentr television said it was part of the annual Lyrid meteor shower and disintegrated before it could hit the ground.
Video shows a meteor lighting up the night sky in Russia. (YouTube screengrab)
Meteor-like object over Russia's Murmansk caught on dash-cams - YouTube
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Reuters
First posted: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:18 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:34 AM EDT
MOSCOW - Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the Arctic Circle over the weekend.
There were no reports of damage but the ball of fire raised eyebrows after a meteorite crashed to Earth near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013, shattering windows, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,200 people.
Footage from a dashboard camera in a car on a snow-lined road in the Murmansk region, north of the Arctic Circle, showed a bright ball streaking diagonally toward Earth, pulsating twice and disappearing behind a building.
The time was 2:14 a.m. on Sunday.
Russia's TV Tsentr television said it was part of the annual Lyrid meteor shower and disintegrated before it could hit the ground.
Video shows a meteor lighting up the night sky in Russia. (YouTube screengrab)
Meteor-like object over Russia's Murmansk caught on dash-cams - YouTube
WATCH: Meteor lights up the night sky | World | News | Toronto Sun