Taurid Fireball Lights Up Night Sky Off Spain's Girona Coast

Girona, Spain – A bright fireball flared across the night sky off the coast of Girona in northeastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday, November 8.

The meteor was captured by Jordi Gil from Esparreguera, near Barcelona, at 3:50am local time, according to Spain's fireball and meteorite research network SPMN, which shared the footage.

The camera shows the object brightening into an intense flash before streaking downwards and fading.

The network classified the fireball as a Northern Taurid, from the meteor stream linked to comet 2P/Encke.