US musician Amber Coffman captured a glowing meteorite shooting across the night sky & shared the video on Twitter. "Guys, we just saw one of the craziest things we have ever seen in our lives & I managed to capture some of it," she wrote. The video went viral on social media & has over 3.1 million views.
According to the American Meteor Society (AMS) meteor shower calender, two meteor showers -- the southern Delta Aquarids & the Alpha Capricornids were to be visible when the footage was recorded.
A spectacular video captured by musician Amber Coffman of a meteorite is widely being shared on social media & also inspired plenty of memes.
Coffman captured the glowing meteorite shooting across the night sky & the video shared online has been viewed by millions so far. Describing the phenomenon as “one of the craziest things we have ever seen in our lives”, she said that it was a “meteor for the ages!”
The video was shot at Taos in New Mexico, & when asked how she felt, Coffman said, “Absolutely stunned amazement! Elation! I feel high.”
As many commented on the video, scientist Dr James O’Donoghue explained how it was possible to shoot such a high-speed event with a basic camera.
Talk about perfect timing -- an L.A. musician who happened to be in New Mexico saw a meteor light up the sky, & caught the stunning footage on video.
Amber Coffman posted this awesome video Tuesday night showing the moment a meteor streaked across the sky over Taos, creating a spectacular fireball. She captioned it perfectly saying, "A meteor for the ages!"
Here's a viral video:
Guys, we just saw one of the craziest things we have ever seen in our lives & I managed to capture some of it. A meteor for the ages! pic.twitter.com/kPIchIPREV
— Amber Coffman (@Amber_Coffman) July 29, 2020
The footage was a hit on social media, where it was quickly shared by Amber's followers. She replied to one person's excited tweet, saying ... "Absolutely stunned amazement! Elation! I feel high."
Another user suggested Amber could jump from music to astronomy -- "How did you start getting video so quickly? Really amazing & something I would think would be of great value to science."
Apparently, there was a meteor shower visible over much of New Mexico last night ... there were similar tweets from Albuquerque.
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