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Life Center / Lan Shimeng Report 【2/1 08:42 Press Release ｜ 10:15 Update: New Video】
Is it a meteor or a meteor? In the early hours of this (1) morning, people from various social groups on Facebook showed people discussing the appearance of a “huge fireball” over Taiwan. A netizen who walked the Sanyi section of National Highway No. 1 pointed out that it was 1:52 in the morning and posted a video. He wrote: “I suspected that I saw a fireball falling from the sky. I thought I was dazzled. When I returned to read the driving recorder, a ball The fire actually went to Fengyuan!” In response to this rare celestial phenomenon, the Meteorological Office He did it before too. Answer.
▲ Many netizens said that “fireballs” appeared over Taiwan early in the morning. (Photo / Obtained from YouTube from Alishan National Scenic Area Management Bureau, Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transport)
A netizen posted a video and a photo on the Facebook community in the early hours of the morning and wrote: “Right now … 2021/02/01 01:52 Right after Sanyi on National Highway 1, I suspected I saw a ball of fire falling from the sky. “Come down,” Yuan PO said that at first he thought he was dazzled, but after checking the driving recorder, he found that a ball of fire actually pierced through the air and headed towards Fengyuan.
▲ The car owner exposed the image from the driving recorder, and the fireball quickly passed through the sky. (Image / reproduced from the group that owns TESLA Taiwan Model 3 Tesla Taiwan M3)
Then some netizens posted on “Chiayi Big and Small Things” asking everyone: “Has anyone just seen a meteor in the urban area?” The netizen said his dash cam only captured a small number of images, but the fireball was seen by the naked eye. It is very big, and other netizens commented after reading it: “Is it a meteorite?”, “I saw it in Banqiao and the speed is super fast”, “I saw it, it is so rare to see it in the city”, “Kaohsiung Fengshan” I see +1 “,” I can see it on the back wall of Tainan “,” The Nameks are coming! “
▲ The people of Chiayi also witnessed rare heavenly phenomena. (Photo / Obtained from Chiayi’s Facebook)
This image also sparked a discussion on the PTT gossip board, with villagers even posting live footage from the Alishan Observatory, indicating that there were also scenes of falling fireballs. Many netizens speculate that this may be a “fire meteorite”; Some netizens left messages, “I have also seen that the green tail keeps blinking”, “More and more satellites are scattered, the possibility of space debris is very high”, “Hurry up and collect meteorites. Someone collected rare metals before and it was done rich overnight. “.
▲ PTT netizens also started discussions. (Image / Obtained from PTT)
In response, the Central Meteorological Office also responded. According to a report by “ETtoday News Cloud”, forecaster Liu Peiteng pointed out that “fiery meteorites” are usually prone to appear when there are meteor showers, but there is no special meteor shower recently. The most recent meteor shower appeared in early January, Liu Peiteng also explained that the bolides are actually relatively bright meteorites. If large meteorites or rocks in outer space enter the atmosphere, they will burn up, which is normal.
