The exploding meteor, known as a bolide, also created a sonic boom that shook a nearby town.
An unusual green meteor recently exploded as it plummeted through the sky over Australia, giving off a brilliant flash of light that could be seen for miles and a loud bang that stunned local residents below.
Additional footage captured on smartphones, dashcams and security cameras showed that the flash was visible as far away as Normanton, which is around 370 miles west of Cairns, The Guardian reported. The sound of the explosion could be heard most clearly above the town of Croydon, which is around 60 miles east of Normanton, suggesting that the meteor exploded somewhere overhead.
The meteor"essentially does a belly flop," Tucker said."The friction builds up and causes that glow and then it hits breaking point, which causes the huge flash and the sonic boom." Similar green light can also be given off by fireball meteors, which are extremely bright meteors that break apart in Earth's atmosphere but do not explode with the same intensity. In August 2022, a green fireball was spotted above New Zealand, and in November 2022, another one crashed into Lake Ontario.
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