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Meteor streaks across Sweden (video clip)

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15 years 11 months ago #76018 by ei5fk
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7836656.stm



Footage shows what appears to be a meteor streaking across the night sky in southern Sweden on Saturday.

Emergency services were bombarded with calls from mystified observers who witnessed the huge ball of light travelling across the sky.


Very nice footage on the BBC site

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15 years 11 months ago #76019 by Seanie_Morris
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That's one awesome sight! Is it just me or does there seem to be a heightened capture of fireballs in the last couple of years?

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15 years 11 months ago #76023 by ei5fk
Possibly due to more and better CCTV camera's in use?

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15 years 11 months ago #76026 by dave_lillis
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Awesome, imagine seeing something like that. !

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15 years 11 months ago #76033 by Seanie_Morris
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ei5fk wrote:

Possibly due to more and better CCTV camera's in use?

Yeah, I was thinking that too, the amount of cameras in the world to 'spot' these kind of events at random must be pretty high compared to even a decade ago.

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