Video | Scenes of a meteor penetrating the atmosphere and lighting up the sky in Saudi Arabia this morning

Weather of Arabia - Activists on social media circulated photos and videos of the passage of an object with a bright light in the sky that was seen from several regions in the Kingdom.

The Saudi astronomer, an Indian inspiration, republished photos and videos on his official Twitter page, in which he said: "The most visible clip, which is circulating on the Hail meteorite, was filmed from Qassim to the west."

In a separate tweet, an Indian posted pictures with a comment in which he said: "A meteor was seen penetrating the atmosphere in the sky of Saudi Arabia. We wish to see it from Hail and Al-Qassim, and we may receive testimonies from other regions. The meteor lit up the regions with a green light and left a trace of its smoke in its path in the sky."

Explaining the astronomical phenomenon, Hindi added: “Often, small and medium rocks enter the atmosphere. If they are very small, the size of a chickpea, they will be known meteors, but if their size increases to the size of a football, a very high brightness may arise from them, such as this meteor, which is scientifically called a “fireball” and burning as a result of friction. the atmosphere due to the high velocity of rocks in space.

He pointed out that: "Analysis of images and video clips suggests that it is a medium-sized meteorite that burned in the atmosphere ... a hail meteorite."

What does the green color of the meteorite mean?

Meteorites are rocks from space debris that fall to the Earth due to the force of Earth's gravity. When the meteorite penetrates the atmosphere, the surface of the meteorite is subjected to intense heating as a result of friction with the particles of the atmosphere, so it burns and a visible band of bright light appears in different colors depending on the chemical composition of the space rock of which the meteorite is made, and the air that it passes through. Through it, in this case the green light indicates the presence of a high percentage of magnesium in the loose rock.