Fireball Over Alabama Caught On Camera

A bright fireball that lit up the sky above Alabama last week was caught on camera by NASA as it streaked across the sky. The fireball was caused by the death plunge of a meteor about the size of a soccer ball as it burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday at 11:19 p.m. local time. Two NASA cameras, one in Huntsville and the other in Chickamauga, Georgia, recorded the meteor’s fiery demise. The meteor was first caught on film about 45.3 miles above Earth and burned up while it was still about 20 miles above the ground. NASA said the rock was flying across the sky at a modest 45,000 mph – about 12 miles every second.