Video of the daylight California fireball

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
May 31, 2012 3:00 PMNov 20, 2019 1:14 AM

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On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere. It came in over California and was seen by a lot of people, despite it occurring at about 8:00 a.m. local time and in broad daylight. I just became aware that some footage was taken of the event, and as far as I know is the only video we have of it. It was taken by Shon Bollock, who was making a time-lapse kayaking video just outside Kernville, California as part of his Shasta Boyz adventuring website:

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