At 12:44 pm EDT (1744 GMT) on Wednesday, March 30, residents in Bloomington, Indiana, and the counties were really shaken by the sight of the sound of a huge explosion.
Residents rushed to the media to seek answers, but the cause of the commotion was more obvious than their usual small -town commotion – a meteor exploded over their heads. .
What do they see? The explosion turned into a fireball.
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There’s a local Facebook group called “What’s that noise?” It was one of many places where people traveled, trembling with thoughts about the cause of the explosion, which was reported to have been heard for ten miles. The comments on a post by resident Adrienne Evans Fernandez were immediately packed with news of a fire at a nearby beach, military tests, a car accident and more. But none of this destroys the truth.
People were left to shake their heads. The local emergency responders, who helped put an end to some of the rumors, were fired, after more police were sent to find out the cause.
Evans Fernandez was the first to raise the question in the famous “What’s that noise?” group, told Space.com that his thoughts flew straight to the possibility of an earthquake. “I really thought for a hot second that was it [primary wave] Earthquakes make us always ready, “he told Space.com.
And it’s not just Evans Fernandez. At the time, I was working at my home in Bloomington when a real storm hit my entire home. Trembling, I jumped up, thinking that a tree or a large branch might have fallen from my house. A quick tour, captured by my front door security camera, cleared up what had fallen, and I was ready to accept a “small earthquake” in response to this mystery.
Admittedly, seismic scales at Indiana University gathered as short as the explosive sound reports, but the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Did not know seismic events in the area.
Nancy Lee, a spokesperson on Evans Fernandez’s first blog post, also posted photos of the event with her Ring camera, which captured the “boom.”
Residents, broadcasters, and disaster relief officials were left staring intently at the sky, wondering what the world could do to create an explosive “boom”. Unfortunately, the cloud of heaven did not provide any further information. If the sun was clearer, the answer to everyone’s question would be immediately apparent.
However, there are some lucky days lined up in the clouds for the little ones. There are twelve witnesses presented to the American Meteor ConferenceMore than a hundred miles apart, telling accounts of the descent of a fireball and the path going north, while the outsider ran over Northern Kentucky. and as far as Indianapolis.
This information helped to finally solve the mystery of the “boom” on Indiana, what is known as a “ball of fire,” sometimes called a bolide, that is the shining meteor that travels through Earth’s atmosphere from the sky (and fire. in the way).
It is not uncommon to see a fireball, and it is very similar to the meteor seen over Chelyabinsk in 2013. The loud “boom” was heard by many like me. , Which may be the result of a meteor explosion when it is exposed to thick surfaces. the atmosphere of the Earth, which is called an “air burst.”
However, if it comes again, I will make sure to keep my eyes on the light days from now on. If it weren’t for the clouds, I might have seen the meteor from the window on the table where I’m printing this story. It’s an experience.
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