{"id":312685,"date":"2025-11-27T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312685\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:27:14","slug":"100000-mph-comet-fragment-explodes-in-green-fireball-over-great-lakes-eerie-videos-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312685\/","title":{"rendered":"100,000 mph ‘comet fragment’ explodes in green fireball over Great Lakes, eerie videos show"},"content":{"rendered":"

A meteor exploded over Michigan’s Great Lakes in a green fireball, videos reveal. The dramatic event was likely caused by a comet fragment burning up in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

On Sunday (Nov. 23) at around 5:29 a.m. ET, dozens of witnesses reported a meteor racing across the sky before exploding in a fiery ball. Cameras set up by the group Michigan Storm Chasers captured the object’s rapid passage and fiery descent, the group revealed in a Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The fireball was reportedly seen in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, and up to 340 miles (550 kilometers) away in Lancaster, Ohio, according to the American Meteorological Society<\/a> (AMS).<\/p>\n

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One video sent to AMS captured the stunning fireball flying through the sky from Coldwater, Michigan, while another video showed the streaking lightshow from Tecumseh, Michigan.<\/p>\n

NASA<\/a> later tracked the meteor’s path using videos and other reports. It became visible 62 miles (100 km) above Hubbard Lake, before racing at 98,500 mph (160,000 km\/h) for another 82 miles (132 km) and disintegrating 46 miles (74 km) above Lake Huron, NASA<\/a> representatives wrote.<\/p>\n

The streaking fireball was likely a one-off and not part of a wider shower, such as the ongoing Leonid meteor shower<\/a>, which runs from Nov. 6 to Nov. 30. Leonid meteors are known for their speed, striking Earth’s atmosphere at about 160,000 mph (260,000 km\/h). This velocity often produces bright meteors, or fireballs, some of which leave persistent trails. “This event appears to have been caused by a small comet fragment and was not part of any currently active meteor shower,” NASA representatives wrote.<\/p>\n

Most comets and meteors can be seen with the naked eye, but photographing them requires a good set of astrophotography equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fireball meteors sometimes give off a green color due to a high concentration of metals such as nickel, while faster meteoroids also typically produce more vivid colors, according to AMS<\/a>. Other elements can create different-colored fireballs \u2014 for example, sodium produces a bright yellow color while magnesium appears as blue-white, according to AMS.<\/p>\n

Similar green colors have been given off by other fireball meteors. For example, in July 2022, a green fireball was spotted above New Zealand<\/a>, and in November 2022, another one crashed into Lake Ontario<\/a>. The Ontario fireball was the smallest asteroid ever recorded in space<\/a>, at just 16 to 24 inches (40 to 60 centimeters) wide.<\/p>\n

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