Queensland have reported seeing a meteor overnight similar to the Chelyabinsk meteor

Residents of the Australian city of Townsville, Queensland have reported seeing a meteor overnight according to the Daily Telegraph. similar to the Chelyabinsk meteor which flew over Russia in 2013. The Canberra Times stated that cameras at Mt Stromlo Observatory did capture a somewhat blurry picture of the fragment emitting a bright blue-green light. Each day 200 tonnes of meteor fragments fall to the Earth.

On Friday, one particular piece caught the attention of many keen-eyed Canberrans as it lit up the night sky and treated them to a different sort of Christmas light show. The blue-green light trail behind the meteor suggests the presence of iron and the yellow light indicates sodium It left a blue-green light trail behind it and travelled about 80,000 to 120,000 kilometres per hour, creating a sonic boom that was heard and felt by people below.

Mysterious booms are increasing dramatically all over the planet, which may be indicative of other space rock fragments exploding in the atmosphere. Meteorites have also been recorded recently over Canada, South Africa and the US.