EarthCam捕捉到照亮圣路易斯天空的明亮流星

EarthCam捕捉到照亮圣路易斯天空的明亮流星

An apparent meteor lit up the sky over St. Louis on Monday night — a dazzling display that was captured on the city’s EarthCam footage.

周一晚上，一颗流星照亮了圣路易斯的天空，城市的地球摄像机记录下了这一令人眼花缭乱的景象。

Twitter user David Vergel happened to be watching the live recording at about 8:51 p.m. local time when he witnessed the flaming ball fall from above the city’s skyline.

当地时间下午8点51分左右，推特用户大卫·韦吉尔(David Vergel)碰巧在观星，他亲眼目睹了火球从这座城市的天际线上坠落。

“I was watching an @EarthCam camera from St. Louis, Missouri about 30 minutes ago and saw a #meteor!” Vergel tweeted, along with a recording of the EarthCam footage.

“大约30分钟前，我在密苏里州圣路易斯用一架@EarthCam摄像机拍摄到一颗流星!”维格尔在推特上写道，并附上了一段地球摄像机拍摄的视频。

Other Twitter users were quick to comment that they, too, witnessed the meteor.

其他推特用户很快评论说，他们也看到了这颗流星。

“Huge flash came through our window,” one user wrote. “I actually went outside to make sure everything was ok.”

一位用户写道:“巨大的闪光从我们的窗口闪了进来。我真的去外面看了一下，确保一切正常。”

Another area man said he thought was a firework — then he heard a “low deep double boom” minutes later.

另一名当地男子说，他以为是烟花——几分钟后，他听到了“低沉的双重爆炸声”。