Giant Fire-Ball Meteor hit Canada 20.Nov.2008 Video

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Canada Meteor Video


A fireball that lit up western Canadian skies on the night of November 20, 2008, was captured on video by several cameras throughout the region. One of the most brilliant videos was taken by a police car's dashcam in Edmonton. In the video, the blindingly white fireball passes behind a series of clouds before exploding in the atmosphere.<sup id="guide_ref-CAN_0-0" class="reference">1</sup>
Fast Facts

1. Local time of meteor flash: 5:26 p.m.<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-0" class="reference">2</sup>
2. One video of meteor captured by police dashcam<sup id="guide_ref-CAN_0-1" class="reference">1</sup>
3. Fireball may never have landed<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-1" class="reference">2</sup>
4. Believed to be no bigger than a grapefruit<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-2" class="reference">2</sup>
5. Believed to be a "bolide" due to the speed with which it traveled and the brighness of the light it created<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-3" class="reference">2</sup>
6. Traveled approximately 60km per second<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-4" class="reference">2</sup>
7. Entered atmosphere at 400,000 feet above Earth<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-5" class="reference">2</sup>

Quotes

"There's a very good chance it was what we call a bolide, which is a meteorite crossing the sky at extremely quick velocity -- very, very fast -- and as it hits the atmosphere at about 400,000 feet, travelling at about 60 kilometres per second, this is the incredible light show that it creates."—Randy Atwood, space educator<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-6" class="reference">2</sup>
"It looked like a lighting bolt, the most intense lighting bolt you've ever seen, and maybe the size of three...It seemed the most intense areas where it was being reported was in the west-central part of Saskatchewan and the east-central part of Alberta, with the most intense reports coming in from Melfort, Saskatchewan and Lloydminster...and right at Red Pheasant First Nation."—Saskatoon reporter Mike Ciona<sup id="guide_ref-CTV_1-7" class="reference">2</sup>

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• YouTube: Police Dash Cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada <small>(Time: 0:17)</small>
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• YouTube: Meteor Edmonton Canada <small>(November 20, 2008) (Time: 0:11)</small>
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• YouTube: Meteor Crash in Alberta Better Footage <small>(November 20, 2008) (Time: 1:09)</small>
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Canada Meteor Video News

• CBC News: Reports of Meteor Streaking Across Prairies <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>
• CTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>
• Edmonton Journal: Watchers Gaze Up in Wonder As Light Flashes Across Sky <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>
• Global Edmonton: Watchers Gaze Up in Wonder As Light Flashes Across Sky <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>
• Calgary Herald: Massive Fireball Lights Up Night Skies in Alberta, Saskatchewan <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>
• The Daily Mail: Star Struck: Meteor Blazes Across the Sky in Police Video <small>(November 21, 2008)</small>

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1. ↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 YouTube: Police Dash Cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada (Time: 0:17)
2. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 CTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)

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Caught On Tape: Meteor Streaks Across Canada Sky

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) ― Scientists say they hope to find remnants of a meteor that brilliantly lit up the sky before falling to earth in western Canada.

University of Calgary planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand called it one of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade.

Widely broadcast video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball Thursday night over Saskatoon that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.

Hildebrand said Friday that he received about 300 email reports from witnesses.

"It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand, who also co-ordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.

Tammy Evans was wakened by her 10-year-old daughter who ran into the bedroom.

"She said there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking," Evans said.

Hildebrand suspects it broke up into pieces and he plans to investigate around Macklin, Saskatchewan near the Alberta border.

Rick Huziak, an amateur astronomer in Saskatoon, helped operate a camera on top of the University of Saskatchewan physics building that captured video of the meteor.

"It was quite spectacular. The ground lights up all over the place," he said.

Martin Beech, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina, said meteorites are valuable to learning about the history of the solar system.

"Picking up a meteorite is almost equivalent to doing a space exploration mission between Mars and Jupiter," he said.

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巨大火流星 墜落加拿大西部

<label> </label> 更新日期:<q>2008/11/23 21:01</q>
加拿大西部亞柏特省和薩省的警局，這個20日湧進數百位通電話，民眾不約而同表示，他們看到一團火球從天而降，專家說，這可能是加拿大2008年目擊的最大一顆「火流星」。


就是這道光，在20日傍晚劃過加拿大西部夜空，至少數千人當場目擊，不過剛好用錄影帶拍下的，只有寥寥幾位幸運兒。


巴 雷特原本想拍的，是飛機降落機場的畫面，火球穿透雲層急速下墜的畫面，剛好被巡邏警車的攝影機拍了下來，幸好這不是著火的飛機，專家說，這應該就是天文中 所謂的火流星，是隕石塊穿透大氣層燃燒造成，研判約有桌椅大小，雖然火光持續僅短短2秒，卻是加拿大2008年目擊的最大顆流星。


如果幸運沒有裂成碎片，最後可能會落在薩省，科學家希望，如果能找到隕石殘骸，將有助於研究太陽系的歷史。
不過對一般民眾來說，能目睹這麼壯觀的火流星，已經是一生難得的奇遇。(民視新聞綜合報導)

thanks for sharing the clips and news.