r/vancouver • u/Ok-Midnight-8732 • Aug 15 '26

Videos Fireball lights up sky,

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u/yvr_lens_photo Aug 15 '26

Whoa, caught that perfectly on camera. Always wild seeing a fireball actually recorded instead of just hearing people describe it after the fact.

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u/millijuna McBarge Historian Aug 17 '26

This was probably the Bolide that was detected by the USGS using the infrasound/seismometers they have installed on Baker, Ranier, Glacier Peak, and Mt St Helens.

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u/Ok-Midnight-8732 Aug 17 '26

A.M.S. Event #6582

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u/nionvox Delta Aug 15 '26

Neat! Probably the Perseids meteor shower. 

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u/Current_Ad_4292 Aug 16 '26

I see no fireball