Article 1FZTS Nasa cameras capture fireball lighting up Arizona sky – video

Nasa cameras capture fireball lighting up Arizona sky – video

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Nasa films a fireball so bright that it blinds all-sky meteor cameras as far away as western New Mexico. The meteor - 5ft wide and weighing a few tonnes - entered Earth's atmosphere over Arizona early Thursday morning at a speed of 40,200m [64,700km] per hour, lighting up the pre-dawn sky for a few seconds

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