Night sky gets illuminated by large meteor in Norway 

Alargemeteor illuminated the night sky inNorway early onSunday morning.At least some of it seems to have also come rumbling down near Oslo, the capital of the country.

Steinar Midtskogen, a spokesperson for Norwegian Meteor Network, told CNN, “The meteor lit up the sky for a brief time as if broad daylight just after 1 am.”

In an email, Midtskogen said,"A minute later or more a loud rumbling sound could be heard over a large area, perhaps up to 100 km away from where the meteor was seen straight overhead."

Some people, who wereclose to the meteor's path, alsofelta shock wave, Midtskogenadded.

"Doors and hatches were blown open and there were gusts of wind. No damage has been reported, though," Midtskogen said.

The meteorseems to have fallenat adistanceofaround24 kmfromOslo,theexpert said.

The spokesperson said as themeteors over Norway are not uncommon,the network has a number of cameras continuously monitoring the sky.

The meteor seems to havefallen in Lier as perpreliminary analysis of videos from the cameras, he said.