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Mike Wehner
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- A piece of space debris fell to Earth over Japan on Sunday morning, lighting up the night sky with a brilliant flash.
- The fireball was only visible for a brief moment or two, but it caught the eye of many onlookers.
- The fireball, or bolide, was likely totally destroyed during its trip through Earth's atmosphere.
One of the things about living on Earth — or any planet, I suppose — is that you never know when an object from space is going to make a spontaneous appearance in the sky. For people across a huge area of western and central Japan, Sunday morning was one of those times. In the still-dark hours of the morning, a fireball appeared in the sky and produced a flash so bright that it rivaled a full moon, according to witnesses.
As Kyodo News reports, the fireball appeared at roughly 1:35 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. Despite the late hour, there were plenty of people who managed to catch a glimpse of the object streaking through the sky before flashing brilliantly and lighting up the landscape.
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