19.05.2024
‘Green meteorite’ spotted over Spain and Portugal
On Saturday night, social media was inundated with images of what appeared to be a green fireball in the skies over the Iberian Peninsula.
The impressive bolide that illuminated the skies of Spain and Portugal in the middle of the night
Lately we have been having a lot of meteor activity over the Iberian Peninsula, a phenomenon that causes great expectation.
Tonight, around 0:46 CET (23:46 Lisbon time), a bright fireball has illuminated the skies of Spain and Portugal. According to the Civil Protection of Portugal, the meteor would have fallen in the village of Pereira, in Castro Daire, northern Portugal, 60 km southwest of Porto. Portugal declared an alert and mobilized its firefighters in case there was any information.
Here we can see an impressive video recorded by @rvbzzx in Lisbon and slowed down by @jpunto88_ to make it look better:
Here is another video recorded in Portugal, near Aveiras de Cima, about 30 km northeast of Lisbon (via @88rafa88):
Another video from Aveleda, Portugal, published by @eupedrobrancoand in which we can see how the night has lit up:
This has been seen over El Grove (Pontevedra), in Spain (via @hierro_17):
Here images of the Sierra Oeste de Madrid, a video published by @Marina_lobo36:
Below these lines, images of the car over Porto, Portugal, via @MeteoTrasMontPT :
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