Green Fireball Spotted on Dashcam, Meteor Showers Spark Excitement

0:00A driver named Jason Jenkins caught a stunning green fireball on his dash cam while heading to work before dawn. The bright streak lit up the early morning sky, visible from high up in the atmosphere, around 80 miles above the ground. Earlier this week, a seven-ton meteor raced across Ohio, visible from several states and breaking apart with a loud boom that shook homes. Just days before, another one traveling at 35,000 miles per hour disintegrated north of Houston, sending shockwaves and even punching through one woman's roof. People reacted with surprise, mistaking the booms for explosions and sharing videos from dash cams and doorbells. Experts at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry say the green glow comes from magnesium or nickel burning up as the rock vaporizes. Now with all these reports and footage pouring in, scientists hope to trace his path and check if any pieces survive the fall to earth. Finding them is tough since they often look like plain rocks scattered in fields or streets. More cameras everywhere mean we're spotting these sky shows more often, turning ordinary

1:03drives into lucky captures that spark real excitement. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI.