Twitter was ablaze after reports of a massive, bright green meteor was seen streaking across B.C.’s night skies.
The meteor was spotted at around 8:20 p.m. Saturday night, and hundreds of people who witnessed it quickly took to social media to share what they saw.
@CTVVancouver pictures it flew by so fast I thought it was a fiery crash. It was huge #langford biggest I've seen.
— Holly Page (@page_1215) September 14, 2014
@CTVVancouver Saw the meteorite in White Rock, a very lucky wedding photographer I am sure has an accidental photo - Meteorite 1 Auroras 0
— Jen (@onthetracksjen) September 14, 2014
@CTVVancouver we were sitting on English Bay. We saw it fall down and disintegrate in the water on English Bay by Kits beach.
— Oli Salvas (@osalvas) September 14, 2014
One fortunate witness had his GoPro camera recording when the meteor streaked across the sky for mere seconds.
According to the video description on Roger Ting’s YouTube page, he was trying to capture the Northern Lights but wound up recording the meteor flash instead.
There were sightings as far east as the Okanagan and several sightings on Vancouver Island.
Other reports indicated the meteor was seen as far south as Portland, Ore.
