The American Meteor Society listed several reports around the same time from Washington and British Columbia.
CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. — A viewer’s sky camera on Camano Island captured a bright fireball over the northwest sky early Wednesday, according to video shared by John Storbeck.
Storbeck said the video was recorded at 12:12:15 a.m. April 29 from Tillicum Beach on Camano Island.
The camera was pointed northwest when the fireball appeared in the sky.
The video shows a green flash, followed by two bright white flashes. Storbeck said the green color is typical of a magnesium or nickel outer layer burning off, while the white flashes show the meteor exploding.
The American Meteor Society listed multiple reports around the same time from Washington and British Columbia, including Seattle, Port Orchard, Olympia, Belfair, Friday Harbor, Mount Vernon, Shoreline, Bremerton, Gig Harbor and other areas. Several reports were logged between about 12:11 and 12:15 a.m. PDT.
NASA says meteoroids are space rocks that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids.
When they enter Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burn up, they are called meteors. Especially bright meteors are often called fireballs.
If part of a meteoroid survives the trip through the atmosphere and reaches the ground, NASA says it is called a meteorite.
Most smaller space rocks break apart in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.
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