Eyewitnesses managed to capture on video a celestial body flying over Turkey.
A large meteorite fell on the territory of Turkey, leaving behind an impressive green trail. Hundreds of citizens did not miss the opportunity to capture this moment.
The celestial body was visible on Saturday night in the provinces of Diyarbakir, Elazig, Bingol, Tunceli and Erzurum, located in eastern Anatolia, about 1000 km east of Istanbul.
In dashcam footage, a glow so powerful appears in the sky that the road and nearby hills, initially immersed in darkness, appear almost daylight after a few tenths of a second.
< p>Most popular on social media is a video taken during a wedding celebration in a courtyard in Diyarbakır Province, in which the light of a meteorite illuminates a group of people dancing in a circle.
Meteorite impacts if the impact location can be located , often attracts people who try to get hold of the fragment to keep as a souvenir or sell it to collectors who offer large sums for a piece of these celestial bodies.
However, in the case of this meteorite, no information has been made public about a possible where he fell.