Bright colours light up Thunder Bay sky
CBC News
Posted: Nov 9, 2011 2:34 PM ET
Last Updated: Nov 9, 2011 3:03 PM ET
At about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, it's believed a meteorite
moved across the sky just north of Thunder Bay. Image
moved across the sky just north of Thunder Bay. Image
is for story illustration purposes only. (istockphoto.com)
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The owner/operator of the Thunder Bay Observatory, Randy McAllister, said it appears that a meteorite shot across the sky just north of Thunder Bay at about 4:30 a.m. McAllister said he's received a lot of reports from his clients.
“They were reporting a large fireball (that appeared), for a long period of time in the sky and then breaking up into multiple pieces and entering the atmosphere," he said. "I had reports of bright blue and bright green colours.”
McAllister said if it's not a meteorite, the other possibility is that an asteroid passing by Earth Tuesday night could have dislodged something in its path.
“They were reporting a large fireball (that appeared), for a long period of time in the sky and then breaking up into multiple pieces and entering the atmosphere," he said. "I had reports of bright blue and bright green colours.”
McAllister said if it's not a meteorite, the other possibility is that an asteroid passing by Earth Tuesday night could have dislodged something in its path.
1 comment:
I saw a fireball while downtown on red river at 11pm Today and saw two yesterday at about midnight so scary
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