Sometimes when you’re busy peering into space, space comes to you. This chance footage of a huge meteor rocketing through the sky is just awesome:
Many lucky witnesses were also treated to a sonic boom. Did any Canadian or northern-U.S. TEDsters see this in person? (Or hear odd noises on your mobile devices around 5pm MST on Thursday?) Do tell!
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Deborah Bradley commented on Nov 24 2008
Too bad I only saw this on tv. I would have been nice if I saw that in person.
Tony Comstock commented on Nov 24 2008
I was in bed in Montauk NY in the early evening when there was a bright light in a West facing window. At first I thought it was a helicopter (we get training overflights from an airbase in Westhampton.) Then I realized it was the biggest, longest lasting meteor I’d seen in nearly 40 years of looking at the night sky!
Matthew Jakes commented on Nov 29 2008
Wow.. this is crazy!