{"id":798593,"date":"2025-10-02T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=798593"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:04:30","slug":"very-bright-fireball-observed-over-dargaville-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=798593","title":{"rendered":"Very bright fireball observed over Dargaville, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A very bright fireball was seen streaking over the skies of Dargaville, New Zealand, at 15:12 UTC on October 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"880\" height=\"416\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F739875185747512%2F&amp;width=880&amp;show_text=false&amp;height=416&amp;appId\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F739875185747512%2F&amp;width=880&amp;show_text=false&amp;height=416&amp;appId\" width=\"880\" height=\"416\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The fireball was captured by Aotearoa remote sensing system (RMS) at around 04:12 LT on October 2, over Dargaville in New Zealand\u2019s Northland region.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the trajectory seen in the video shared by Aotearoa RMS, the fireball entered from an east-southeast direction and moved west-northwestward. While initially white, the fireball glowed in a bright blue-green hue before it disappeared into the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"880\" height=\"413\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1339155760916730%2F&amp;width=880&amp;show_text=false&amp;height=413&amp;appId\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1339155760916730%2F&amp;width=880&amp;show_text=false&amp;height=413&amp;appId\" width=\"880\" height=\"413\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The coloration is likely due to the presence of nickel and magnesium, which emit blue-green light when burning in the atmosphere. <\/p>\n<p>Copper can also produce similar hues, though it is less common in meteor composition compared to nickel and magnesium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-6-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0cb5f8dd939d846ef4ed0c7516b9b5af\"><em>Feature image credit: Aotearoa RMS<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 5.1.0 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2025\/10\/02\/very-bright-fireball-observed-over-dargaville-new-zealand-october-2-2025\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very bright fireball was seen streaking over the skies of Dargaville, New Zealand, at 15:12 UTC on October 1, 2025. 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