The morning sky turns neon blue as a meteor explodes over Canada

CALGARY, Alberta – Dashcam footage captured the moment a falling meteor exploded over Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Wednesday morning.

The sky incident happened around 6:30 a.m. local time Canadian the city was still mostly asleep and shrouded in darkness.

When the meteor exploded in the dark sky, it burst into flames that colored the sky a neon blue.

The bright blue color of the fireball means that the space rock probably contained large amounts of magnesium American Meteor Society.

According to NASAthe amount of meteorite material that falls to Earth every day is about 48.5 tons. This is more than five times greater than a Tyrannosaurus rex.

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