video | Watch the moment a flaming meteor crossed the sky of Riyadh last night

2022-12-17 2022-12-17T08:57:08Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
محرر أخبار جوية- قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Surveillance cameras and cameras of a number of photography enthusiasts in the Riyadh region monitored an astronomical event represented by the crossing of a meteor and its burning in the sky of the region.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And the specialist in physical astronomy, Mulham Hindi, explained - through his Twitter account - that the object that was seen in the sky of Riyadh and a loud sound was heard after it, the circulating video and the testimony of witnesses indicate that it is a natural object (meteor), especially that we are in the days of the Gemini meteors.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He added that what was seen is called a &quot;fireball&quot;, which is like a meteor but larger, so it emits a higher light and explodes in the atmosphere due to the heat of friction.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Photographing a meteor in the sky of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6?src=has... /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;... <a href="https://t.co/4GsAuQW48k">pic.twitter.com/4GsAuQW48k</a></p> - Abu Abdul Rahman (@ hamad203131) <a href="https://twitter.com/hamad203131/status/1603957550176681984?ref_src=twsrc... 17, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The crime that was seen in the sky of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6?src=has... and a loud sound was heard afterwards, the clip and the testimony of the witnesses indicate that it is a natural crime (meteor), especially since we are in the days of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%... /><br /> It is called a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%... , and it is like meteors, but larger, so it emits a higher light and explodes in the atmosphere due to the heat of friction <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%... /><br /> Clip by: <a href="https://twitter.com/aam117r?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aam117r</a> <a href="https://t.co/lmN2cdPeIr">pic.twitter.com/lmN2cdPeIr</a></p> - Indian inspiring astronomer (@MulhamH) <a href="https://twitter.com/MulhamH/status/1603882707720830977?ref_src=twsrc%5Et... 16, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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