Stunning Meteor Captured onโ Video from Airplane Window
A brilliant fireball streaked across the skies over Turkey this weekend, captured from a โคunique โvantage point – the window of โan airplane.Videos circulating on โคsocial media show the meteor illuminating the night sky over several provinces, including Elazฤฑฤ, โGaziantep, Malatya, and Erzurum, on September 2nd and 3rd.
The spectacle offers aโ rare glimpse into the phenomenon of meteors, which occur when space โฃdebris enters Earth’s atmosphere at tremendousโข speeds. While such events happen frequently, witnessing one from an airplane provides an โunusual perspective and highlights theโฃ power of these celestial โฃevents. Understanding these occurrences isโ crucial for planetary scienceโฃ and assessing potential risks from near-Earth โobjects.
When aโ meteoroid – a fragment of rock or metal from space – enters the Earth’s atmosphere, itโค travels at speeds ranging from 11 to 72 โkilometers โper second. this extremeโ velocity compresses the air โคin front of it, generating intense heat โฃ- โขreaching thousands of degrees Celsius. This heat vaporizes the meteoroid’s outer layers and theโฃ surrounding air, creating the radiant, glowing streakโ commonly known as โa meteor or “shooting star.”
Aโข similar bright โคfireball was observed in Japan earlier this year, demonstrating thatโ these โevents are not isolated incidents and can be visible across vast geographical areas. the recent sighting over โTurkey serves โคas a vivid reminder of the constant โinflux of space debris andโ the dramatic processes that occur when it interacts with our planet.