Meteorite strike captured on video by doorbell camera in Canada
A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.
When Laura Kelly and her partner returned home after an evening walk in July, they were surprised to find their walkway littered with dust and strange debris, according to the Meteoritical Society.
They checked their security camera and saw something slamming against their entrance way, producing a cloud of smoke and a crackle.
The pair reported what they found to the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Reporting System and the curator Chris Herd, who examined samples of the debris to confirm its interstellar origins.
The fragments collected from a meteorite that fell in front of Laura Kelly’s home. (Supplied: AP via University of Alberta Meteorite Collection/The Canadian Press)
Meteorites are bits of space rock that hit Earth after surviving a trip through its scorching atmosphere.
About 43,500 kilograms of similar debris strikes Earth every day, according to NASA, but is much more likely to plunge into an ocean than onto someone’s front stoop.
The space rocks also streak the night sky as shooting stars during meteor showers that happen several times a year.
While cameras have captured meteors streaking through the sky, it’s rare to capture the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video and this footage is believed to be a first.
The space rock, officially registered Monday, was named Charlottetown after the city on Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada where it struck.
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