Watch This Unusual Green Meteor Explode Over Australia [Videos]

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A plummeting green light burned through the sky over Australia on Saturday with such a brilliant flash that it could be seen for miles. The tremendous boom emitted as it crashed into the atmosphere was also heard all around, stunning local residents below. The exploding meteor, known as a bolide, was captured on cameras from Cairns Airport in Queensland, with additional footage from people's smartphones, dashcams, and security cameras also catching the rare occurrence.

As for the green light part? Most meteors are made of stony chondrite, but the greenish colour prior to impact in this case was most likely caused by overheating of iron and nickel fragments as the rock broke apart before it hit the ground. Tucker said that no crater would have been caused by the impact of the rock as it most likely fragmented considerably by the time it reached the surface of Earth. “It essentially does a belly flop.

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