Doorbell camera captures 1st-ever video of the sound and sight of a meteorite crash-landing
Canadian man's home security camera captures the sight and sound of a meteorite strike
Sound of meteorite striking Earth remarkably caught on doorbell camera: ‘It was just pulverized’
Doorbell cameras aren’t just for busting home invaders and porch pirates. A Ring camera captured the sound of a meteorite crash-landing near a house in Prince Edward Island, Canada, marking the first time this interstellar noise had been recorded alongside video footage.
According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteoriteHave you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like?Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly,
A meteorite crash-landed on his home’s walkway. Hoping to confirm what he saw on his camera, Velaidum sent his home security video and pictures to Chris Herd, an expert in meteorites at the University of Alberta. Herd confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite and that it was a history-making moment.
A home security camera captured the rare event. The homeowner narrowly escaped getting hit. “It probably would’ve ripped me in half.”
The researcher says the meteorite likely broke off from an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. We often see them speed across our. Skies, but in Canada, only about 70 meteorites have been recovered.
An expert says the meteorite would have been traveling about 124 miles per hour when it smashed into the walkway.
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Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The footage is believed to be the first time that both sound and visuals of a meteorite strike have ever been recorded. Herd told CBC News
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Meteorite Crash in Canada Is Caught by Home Security Camera in Likely World-First Video FootageThe space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier
While cameras have captured meteors streaking across the sky, capturing the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video is extremely rare.
This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.
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Meteorite misses man by minutes, captures rare footageA camera in Canada captured the moment a meteorite struck the sidewalk in front of a house. The owner, Joe Velaidum, narrowly avoided tragedy. Scientists emphasize that it's a unique recording. Joe Velaidum from Marshfield,
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