Credit & Copyright: Matthew Holt
Explanation:
What's that crossing the sky?
Although it looked a bit like a large meteor, it
was actually the booster of a Chinese rocket returning to Earth after its launch
two days earlier.
On the night of July 27, the
rocket
component heated up and broke up
into
glowing pieces as it re-entered
Earth's atmosphere.
The path of the
falling booster
took it over several US states, moving west to east, from
California to Utah.
Space debris
can usually be distinguished
from meteors by its slow speed and expansive break up.
The featured video was taken in front of the
Provo City Library in
Utah, which was
coincidently occupied by
over 100 people --
many with smartphones already out of their pockets playing
PokИmon GO.
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