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Live Footage Shows Bright Meteor Breaking Up Over Tasmania – Interesting Engineering
The CSIRO research vessel Investigator was ‘in the right place at the right time.’ Click here to watch the video.
The crew of the CSIRO research vessel Investigator captured an extremely bright meteor crossing the sky in front of their ship before breaking up over the ocean.
The meteor, which the crew says was bright green, was spotted by the bridge crew who immediately reported it to the science staff on the ship, as per a CSIRO press statement.
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An ‘Incredible’ sighting
After the meteor sighting was reported to the science team, the crew were amazed…
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