Meteor fireball streaks across the Greater Antilles -- Fire

© La Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe
Meteor seen across Puerto Rico at approximately 8:02 PM Friday 7th May 2021A bright meteor was spotted across the night skies of the Greater Antilles on Friday night. Those who spotted it say the brilliant meteor appeared as a "huge green ball with a long tail."
The meteor was visible from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba at approximately 8:02 PM Friday 7th May 2021.
According to the Caribbean Astronomy Society (SAC), "It was a space rock of metallic content friction with our atmosphere."
Most meteors of metallic contents have iron and nickel, and usually, the green color is due to the presence of nickel on the space rock.

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