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John Wick's avatar

What fun, to realize we could be surprised by such a cool “thing”.

Of course there are precious few pictures because who is ready when they spot this once in a lifetime unpredictable event? Even Emily!

Thanks for teaching us of something else to be aware of.

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Emily Wick's avatar

Images of fireballs are often captured incidentally by security cameras and the dash cams of cars.

Here is one from Texas: https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/2lqfc8/bright_green_fireball_over_texas_dashcam_from_my/

There are some countries where most cars have dash cams, and when a fireball happens there, a lot of people have footage!

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John Wick's avatar

Yes, dashcams! They would get lots over time. I’ll wager the camera records fireballs and if the driver didn’t notice, nobody is seeing it.

“If a tree falls…”

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