I saw a bright glow out of the corner of my eye while in the passenger seat of the car. For about 3 seconds or so I thought it was a drone as it has no color to the glow. Almost like a white led lightbulb color. Then in an instant it lit up a vibrant green and had a bright orange trail behind it. Then just like that it completely disappeared. The whole experience lasted probably 7 seconds or so and happened very fast. I would also like to add that the road I was on was on a hill so the meteor was essentially at high level. But realistically it was probably a couple hundred feet from the ground, hard to truly tell.
Location
Address
, CA
Latitude
39° 6' 29.45'' N (39.108181°)
Longitude
121° 4' 32.11'' W (-121.075586°)
Elevation
582.193359m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-02-17 19:45 PST
UT Date & Time
2025-02-18 03:45 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
139°
Moving
Facing azimuth
176.04°
First azimuth
166.06°
First elevation
39°
Last azimuth
185.02°
Last elevation
26°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Green, Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
7°
Remarks
Sudden bright vibrant glowing orange with a hint of yellow. It was not fully consistent, parts of the train seemed slightly more faint but overall very bright. The trail was only visible more to the end of the sighting. And disappeared at the same time as the meteor.
