Early risers in Spain may have had unexpected pleasure on Sunday by looking up at the morning sky. A huge fireball flew over it, leaving behind eight regions, almost the entire country, and a trailing smoke trail.
The Spanish Meteor Watch Network has confirmed that the fireball has crossed the entire country. However, they don't know where it came from. He could be observed in Barcelona; but not everyone would be able to grasp how and from where he appeared in the sky at 6:55 am.
A year and a half ago, another fireball swept over the Spanish capital, Madrid. The heavenly performance was so vivid that it could be watched by the whole country.
At that moment, the stunning footage was taken with the camera of the University of Huelva Observatory. The object sliced through the atmosphere above the Villamuelas area in the province of Toledo, southwest of Madrid.
Fireballs (fireballs) arise from meteors that ignite when they enter the Earth's atmosphere. They travel at incredibly high speeds, up to 73 km per second. Fireballs are generally brighter than meteors, while especially bright balls of fire, like the one that flew over Spain on Sunday, are often referred to as fireballs.
Video with a similar object over Spain from 2013.