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Taurid Meteor Showers Light Up Southern California Sky [VIDEO]
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Nov 08, 2013 07:13 AM EST
A fireball that split into several fragments, streaked through the California Sky. The cosmic body put up a spectacular show right from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
The event that occurred at 8 P.M. PST shook the Sothern California residents who took to phone and social networking sites to report the sudden flash of light. Looking at the greenish ball of light the Cal. residents mistook it to be fireworks, but the astronomers soon confirmed it to be a meteor shower.
"We've gotten numerous phone calls of people reporting seeing something bright-consistent with a meteor shower - over the eastern desert communities of San Diego," said Lt. Michael Munsey of the San Diego Sheriff's Department.
The event was captured on video by a KCBS viewer's home security camera in Sylmar, who claims it was a large greenish ball of light that broke apart.
According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command weather department, it was a lone meteor that was a part of a shower. This was later confirmed by the American Meteor Society that said the green light might be the spectacular South Taurid meteors, which are known for their dramatic fireballs and generally appear early between October and November.
The annual Taurid meteor showers appear between mid October and mid November and the best time to watch them is from November 5-12 as they reach their maximum intensity. They radiate from the constellation Taurus, Space.com explains.
The Taurid meteor shower shoots two to ten meteors across the sky in an hour and they are relatively slow metros with a speed of 18 miles per hour as they move across the nightime sky, reports American Meteor Society.
"They're rocks in outer space. They're chunks of asteroids, called meteoroids. They're flying into the Earth's atmosphere and they're burning up. It's kind of like when astronauts return to the Earth's atmosphere and there is all that heat during re-entry. Same idea. These rocks are literally burning up. And that's what you're seeing," Dr. Laura Danly, a curator at the Griffith Observatory told KCAL9′s Serene Branson.
This is not the end as some more meteoric activity is expected to be active this week. To know more CLICK HERE.
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First Posted: Nov 08, 2013 07:13 AM EST
A fireball that split into several fragments, streaked through the California Sky. The cosmic body put up a spectacular show right from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
The event that occurred at 8 P.M. PST shook the Sothern California residents who took to phone and social networking sites to report the sudden flash of light. Looking at the greenish ball of light the Cal. residents mistook it to be fireworks, but the astronomers soon confirmed it to be a meteor shower.
"We've gotten numerous phone calls of people reporting seeing something bright-consistent with a meteor shower - over the eastern desert communities of San Diego," said Lt. Michael Munsey of the San Diego Sheriff's Department.
The event was captured on video by a KCBS viewer's home security camera in Sylmar, who claims it was a large greenish ball of light that broke apart.
According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command weather department, it was a lone meteor that was a part of a shower. This was later confirmed by the American Meteor Society that said the green light might be the spectacular South Taurid meteors, which are known for their dramatic fireballs and generally appear early between October and November.
The annual Taurid meteor showers appear between mid October and mid November and the best time to watch them is from November 5-12 as they reach their maximum intensity. They radiate from the constellation Taurus, Space.com explains.
The Taurid meteor shower shoots two to ten meteors across the sky in an hour and they are relatively slow metros with a speed of 18 miles per hour as they move across the nightime sky, reports American Meteor Society.
"They're rocks in outer space. They're chunks of asteroids, called meteoroids. They're flying into the Earth's atmosphere and they're burning up. It's kind of like when astronauts return to the Earth's atmosphere and there is all that heat during re-entry. Same idea. These rocks are literally burning up. And that's what you're seeing," Dr. Laura Danly, a curator at the Griffith Observatory told KCAL9′s Serene Branson.
This is not the end as some more meteoric activity is expected to be active this week. To know more CLICK HERE.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone