A bright green meteor was seen flashing across the night skies in several Turkish cities like Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, and Safranbolu, leaving a trail of bright sparks as it moved across the horizon.
Videos captured and shared on social media show the sky illuminated in green flashes as the meteor passes through the clouds. It lit the sky in luminous green before its tail sparked out and it became invisible.
The Turkish Space Agency confirmed the meteor sighting on social media, explaining that different chemical elements in meteors create various colors when burning in Earth's atmosphere.
Larger meteoroids release more energy, leading to more intense colors during entry.
Sodium produces orange-yellow, magnesium creates green or blue tones, and ionized calcium creates a purple color.
Witnesses described the event as a remarkable display of natural beauty.
Green streaks of light in the sky were seen in Turkey's Gumushane province last September as a meteor passed through the atmosphere.
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq
Sources: The Guardian, The Sun, The Telegraph, LatestLY.