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Green fireball filmed over eastern Turkey

When: 2 Sep 2023
Where: Erzurum, Turkey
Sources: 2 public sources

Erzurum, where a bright meteor turned the clouds green in September 2023 Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A bright meteor turned clouds green over Erzurum and nearby provinces in eastern Turkey on the night of September 2, 2023. Videos shared widely online showed the flash; news reports identified it as a meteoroid burning up in the atmosphere.

Sources

PressRare meteor lights up night sky in Turkey (Reuters) (opens in a new tab)The National / 2023-09-03
PressFireball meteor turns Turkey's sky green in viral video (opens in a new tab)Space.com / 2023-09

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