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Watch: Fireball caught on Nottinghamshire dashcams

Dashcam footage of what appears to be a meteor burning up in the skies above Nottinghamshire has been captured on camera.

The fireball was seen in Edwalton, Newstead, and by a driver on the A453 just after 17:45 GMT on Monday.

Footage of a similar-looking fireball was captured in the skies above Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

"Honestly, I wasn't convinced it was a meteor," Asher Stoppard said, after capturing the footage on his dashcam in Edwalton.

"[I] didn't think I'd ever be lucky enough to see one so clearly in person."

A meteor is a piece of space debris that burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, creating a "shooting star", according to the Royal Museums Greenwich.

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20 February 2024

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