Residents of Bangkok, Thailand, got a surprise Monday morning as a bright fireball lit up the sky.
The meteor was captured by several dashboard cameras around 8:45 a.m. local time while the sun was shining brightly. The fireball seen in the video appeared to be moving extremely quickly and almost straight down.
Daytime fireballs are rare, as most meteors that enter our atmosphere aren’t bright enough to outshine the sun.
On Feb. 14, 2013, a fireball broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Thousands of people were injured after the accompanying air burst shattered windows. What managed to make it to Earth was pulled out of a lake eight months later.
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There were two reports of the fireball made to the American Meteor Society.
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