Eastern Turkish people were left astonished after a meteor lit up the night sky on Saturday, transforming clouds into green and red above a kids’ playground.
In videos broadly circulating on social media, the sky is illuminated in glints of green as the meteor journeys through the clouds over the region.
Those at a kids’ park were entertained by surprising views, believed to be generated by a meteoroid entering the Earth’s upper atmosphere and heating up.
In the video, a kid can be seen playing with a balloon as the meteor unexpectedly shoots across the clouded sky, forming a mysterious display of color.
The meteor was noticed above the city of Ezurum in eastern Anatolia, a famous destination for nature enthusiasts.
Another video showed a more transparent view of the meteor transforming color as it passed through the skies.
The meteor was also seeable in the seaside city of Antalya, where social media users shared pictures of gardens and parks lit up green and red.
Drivers on a rural road were also amazed by the meteor.
As defined by NASA as a “space rock”, a meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere and heated up.
It is comprehended as a meteorite after surviving the travel through Earth’s atmosphere and striking the ground.
List of some elements in meteors and their respective colors:
Iron: Yellow
Nickel: Green
Magnesium: Blue-green
Calcium: Violet
Sodium: Orange-yellow
Barium: Green
Lithium: Red
Copper: Blue
Gold: Golden yellow
Platinum: Silvery white
