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Stunning fireball lights up Japan night sky in dash cam video
A meteorite lit up the night sky over western Japan on Tuesday night in a video captured on a driver's dash cam.
Footage filmed in Kagoshima showed a ball of light around 11pm local time.
Sightings of the meteorite were reported by residents in both Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.
Fireballs are caused by friction as a meteorite enters the atmosphere and slows down considerably.
Almost all space debris breaks into tiny pieces before hitting the ground, according to the US space agency NASA.
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