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The meteor was fairly bright for the first couple of seconds, brightened intensely in the last 1 to 1.5 seconds, fragmented into orange sparks from being green before, and then faded out. I immediately posted a question on my Facebook page asking if anybody else had seen it in western Arizona or surrounding regions. Within minutes I had several comments from people who had also seen it, and one of my friends who works at the Mount Lemmon observatory in Tucson posted a screenshot of their all sky cam showing it low on the northwestern horizon from their perspective. Several other people saw it but didn't get photos of it who posted on my page. It was noteworthy enough that people went online to seek out information about it. I would say it was either the first or the second brightest meteor I have ever seen in my 54 years. It is also the only one this bright that I got a good full clear view of because I just happened to be facing that direction as I was walking in the evening. There were no clouds and the Moon is new tonight. |
