Watch: Mesmerising explosion of meteor over Earth gets captured by NASA astronaut
Screengrab of the viral video of meteor explosion in space.
A stunning explosion of a meteor in the atmosphere of the Earth was captured by NASA astronautMatthew Dominick and shared on social media which left netizens in awe.
Dominick, who is currently aboard theInternational Space Station(ISS), recorded the event while he was taking pictures of Earth from the cupola window during night-time.
Posting on X, Dominick said that he shared the suspected meteor eventwith his friends who said that it was indeed a 'bolide'.
This is a term for meteors which explode in the atmosphere and create a very bright light.
The timelapse video of the event was shared by the astronaut after it happened on September 3 as the space station soared above the Mediterranean Sea.
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"I showed this to a couple of friends yesterday to see what they thought. They both thought it was a meteor exploding in the atmosphere - a rather bright one called a bolide. Timelapse is slowed down to one frame per second for you to see it streaking and then exploding," wrote Dominick in the caption of his post.
"I think it is interesting to compare the size of the bolide blast to other objects in views like the Mediterranean, Cairo, or lightning strikes," he added.
Here's how netizens reacted to the viral video
Since the video was posted it garnered more than 12.6k views and garnered several comments..
"How much faster than real life is this video? That's a lot of lightning strikes!" said a user.
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"Point of order, "Under the Ball" point of view should only be used for Southern Hemisphere videos. Just sayin'. You will be confusing Flat Earthers no end," wrote another user.
"Keep trying to capture the Milky Way core. Just imagining it in the frame would be epic," commented a third.
"This is incredible! Thank you for this. Great work!" wrote a fourth user.
(With inputs from agencies)