Startled Canadians witnessed a bright bolide on Sunday afternoon , a day arrival from theannual Eta Aquarid meteor shower . Even better , it was catch on TV by dashboard camera , and snap by quick - reflexed perceiver .
press out from a video carry bySam Singhof a human dynamo near Toronto at 4:17 necropsy on Sunday .
The CBC reportsthat a meteor researcher at a local university confirms this is a plausible sighting , while thePeterborough Examinerreported on simultaneous observance of a brassy bam . Like the late fireball inRussia , the atmospheric shock of the blowup was picked up byan infrasound web , further confirming that this is a fireball . This is about as sure as we can get until in reality finding the rock , so may you be prosperous in your hunting , mass near Toronto ! You ’re looking for a rock-and-roll that was originally around a half - meter to a meter giving . Based on reported observations , theAmerican Meteor Societyhas produce a acoustic projection of the probable flight :
Twitter exploiter iVeronica caught the fireball in a photograph she post to Twitter :
Here ’s the photo of the#meteorcontrail over GTA and Durham ! Saw this from Whitby … . run into this made my daypic.twitter.com/gINzrFeMc9
— Veronica ☀ ️ ( @iVeronica)May 4 , 2014
Here ’s the full video recording — the bolide travel almost perfectly vertically just to the left of the route .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiJGbZEs_do
Check out a bunch morefootage and exposure on PTB Canada , theWeather web , or theAmerican Meteor Society website .
If you miss it , northern Canada had a spectacular fireball last calendar month , that while not caught on video , was gratifyingly spectacular in the night sky .
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