A meteorite lights up the sky

Published


Update


Video length: 1 min

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: a meteorite lights up the sky
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: a meteorite lights up the sky
(France 2)

Residents of the South of France saw their sky crossed by a meteorite on the evening of Wednesday, July 10. Explanations on the set of the 8 p.m. news, with Nicolas Chateauneuf.

The meteorite passed through the sky of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), and at the same time, a webcam recorded it near Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes). A motorist was even lucky enough to film it. It is a natural and harmless phenomenon. About 20,000 tons of them fall per year. Their fall is more visible at night, since the bright trails are always brief, just a few seconds. Three years ago, it was in Brittany.

While the phenomenon arouses the admiration of Internet users, it is not so rare. Just a few days ago, a meteorite passed through the Turkish sky. Most of these meteorites measure a few millimeters to a few centimeters. Sometimes, fragments can be found on the ground, as in Normandy. Others are much larger, like the one that fell in Russia in 2009, which caused serious damage.


source site-15

Latest