Meteor Fireball over Hong Kong on June 5
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Meteor fireball over Hong Kong on June 5
A Hong Kong resident captured a striking luminous object racing across the south‑western sky above Mong Kok at about 3.30am on 5th June, slicing through cloud before vanishing into the night. Responding to enquiries, the Hong Kong Observatory said the object's brightness, shape and high speed were consistent with a typical fireball meteor, though no formal sightings were logged. Fireballs are unusually bright meteors. In astronomical terms, some…
A brilliant meteor crossed the sky of Hong Kong this Friday morning and surprised thousands of people who were able to observe the phenomenon. The event was captured by security cameras, vehicular cameras and cell phones. The images show an intense fireball going through the night with a flash visible at great distance. Within hours, the videos began to circulate on social networks, where users shared different perspectives of the astronomical p…
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