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Doorbell cameras, dashcams, and even a drag performer dressed as a blueberry muffin captured the moment a meteor exploded off the New England coast. The post Watch: The best videos of Saturday’s meteor boom over New England appeared first on Boston.
A loud explosion was heard in Boston and surrounding towns Saturday afternoon, with some residents as far as Rhode Island and New Hampshire reporting a “boom” and ground tremors. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security did not confirm the source of the sound,
The American Meteor Society said a boom heard by residents in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a 3-foot wide meteor entering the atmosphere near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border.
Drag performer Andi Van Dyke was recording in a blueberry muffin costume when a meteor boomed across Massachusetts Saturday afternoon. The post They caught the meteor boom on camera — while dressed as a blueberry muffin appeared first on Boston.
Western New York is buzzing after reports of a large fireball in the sky at about 5 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27.
A meteor made an unlikely appearance near an active volcano, streaking the night sky with light. The moment was captured on video.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide".
The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75,000 miles per hour.