Fireballs were caught on camera streaking across the night sky in Northern California.
Thousands of people saw the bright lights, which were produced by the Taurid meteor shower, KXTV reported.
Luckily none of them hit the ground or caused any fires to start, NASA officials told the news station.
The largest was seen around 7:28 p.m. in Siskiyou County, California. It disintegrated bout 28 miles above the town of Callahan, KXTV reported.
A second fireball disintegrated 40 miles above Lassen County the same night.
Another fireball was seen above El Dorado County.
A doorbell camera caught a flash in the sky before it disappeared at the horizon, KCRA reported.
The Taurid meteor shower, which was caused by a breakup of a large comet 20,000 years ago, is known for having the most and brightest fireballs that are brighter than the planet Venus, according to EarthSky and CNN.
Scientists expected to see more than the typical amount of fireballs; the phenomenon is known as a Taurid Swam, CNN reported. Some of the particles in the meteor shower are the size of a football or larger and those are what produce the fireballs.
EarthSky says there are several more meteor showers left this year, including:
- North Taurids on Nov. 12.
- Leonids on Nov. 18.
- Geminids on Dec. 14.
- Ursids on Dec. 22.
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