Spectacular meteorite footage from Turkey

Thread starter pinball1970
Start date Sep 6, 2023
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Sep 6, 2023

pinball1970

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TL;DR Summary: Some high quality footage.

The kid should have been dragged out of the way but still a good video.

https://news.sky.com/video/turkey-possible-meteor-lights-up-sky-in-erzurum-12953951

Green flare? A few metals have a green flame test. @davenn

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ohhh nice :)

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