In an interesting development, Karachites witnessed a breathtaking meteor as it lit up the sky bright in the early hours of March 17 (Ramadan 16th).
Multiple videos emerged on social media with many people expressing wonder and amazement at the celestial phenomenon.
The meteor was very visible to the stargazers in Karachi as it lit up the sky as those social media users who missed the meteor expressed regret not witnessing it.
In the video since viral on social media, a fast-moving celestial object appeared in the sky which had a bluish hue. As soon as the fast-moving star appeared, it shot up with an incredible speed and lit up the entire sky blue.
The social media users managed to capture the breathtaking moment as the meteor in karachi lit the sky bright but then the meteor changed its color to dim orange.
The meteor in Karachi disappeared after that brief amazing moment which left many Karachites wondering what it was.
Shooting stars look like stars that quickly shoot across the sky, but they are not stars. A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth’s atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere.
Shooting stars are actually what astronomers call meteors. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground. However, once in a while a meteor is large enough than some of it survives and reaches Earth’s surface. Then it is called a meteorite.
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