The meteor, which burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere, passed over the Iberian Peninsula on the night from Saturday to Sunday (May 18-19). Footage of a bolide, a very bright meteor, appeared on social media. Such phenomena are very rare.
A spectacular flight of the bolide over Portugal
The meteor and its spectacular flight were best visible from northern Portugal. The space bolide, emitting turquoise light, made the night sky over Braga brighter than during the day for a moment after the flare. Many recordings of the unexpected visit of the “space guest” have appeared on social media.
Recordings on the Internet. The services are looking for fragments of the meteor
Concerned people posted recordings on the Internet, and the Portuguese services put the services on alert. They received information about the probable place where the meteorite fragments fell and are currently searching for them.
The remains of the space rock may have fallen near the town of Pereira, which is located about 60 kilometers southeast of Porto. Among others, the following were put on alert: fire brigade units that would respond if fragments of the fireball fell on residential or forest areas. There was a fear of a fire breaking out.
The brightest superbolide in the 21st century was the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was observed in 2013 over Russia. At the moment of the explosion, it was about 30 times brighter than the Sun as seen from Earth. The shock wave that occurred then destroyed or damaged several thousand buildings, injuring 1.5 thousand. people.
Source: Gazeta
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