* Astronomy

A detonating fireball in sunshine

A brilliant fireball giving a loud detonation observed in sunshine from Bristol and many other places.
1922 February 7, 3.55 p.m., when sitting in a position facing north, and the sky being of that beautiful blue colour which it sometimes displays even in our unfavourable climate, i observed a brilliant meteor falling in due north at a considerable angle (roughly 45°) towards the N.N.W. point of the horizon.
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