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Meteor spotted burning up over Washington DC skies

If recent Webb telescope photos didn’t prove how tiny we are in the universe, a fireball flashing across the sky in the Washington DC area Thursday provided another brilliant example.

Captured on video by reader Richard Barnhill, a meteor was spotted burning up in the atmosphere in West Arlington at 9:57 pm.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Not This Again: Meteor Burns Up Over Skies of Washington DC, East Coast

Photo credit: @magaman

Since the Chelyabinsk meteor was so fun to cover, let’s do it again!

Shortly before 8PM local time (or during the first intermission of the Caps/Jets game), Twitter blew up with first-hand reports of a green-colored meteor falling from the sky. Fox 5 in Washington D.C. reported that their helicopter crew saw the burning rock from the air and it was visible for five to six seconds.

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By Ian Oland 11 years ago

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