On Tuesday, a brightly lighting meteor ”fireball” was seen plunging from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, capturing attention on social media platforms, according to international reports.
In the same context, social media platforms were abuzz this week after a number of citizens revealed that an object emitting an intense light ”fireball” had been spotted falling from the skies and penetrating the atmosphere above the fifth-most-populous state in the early hours of the dawn.
Later on, a number of internet users took to Twitter and Instagram to share the video of the fireball in the southern sky and document this incident.
In the viral video, the meteor glowed strongly as it rapidly descended through the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday.
According to The Heller and Jung Space Observatory, the meteor was seen descending towards earth for a few seconds (nearly 12 seconds), before emitting a powerful light.
According to a statement released by the space agency, the observatory Chief Carlos Fernando Jung cited it as “the longest monitoring in its history, according to Brazil's media.”
“The fireball entered Earth's atmosphere at the altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles) and exploded at 82 kilometers (51 miles),” the statement explained. “The freak phenomenon lasted so long it was recorded by two cameras in sequence.”
Many similarly bright shooting stars were observed moving from southwest to northeast in the sky above the Rio Grande in July.
It's worth noting that meteoroids' trail may last for a fraction of a second or up to several seconds, as meteoroids travel at up to 45 miles per second.
Watch the viral video of the fireball below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FH3qKNH5s
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