Published 18:11 IST, February 23rd 2021

Calgary Meteor Shower: Bright meteor shower seen in parts of Canada on February 22

A bright meteor shower was seen in Alberta, Saskatoon and other parts of Canada on February 22, around 6:30 am by residents. Check out the videos of the shower.

Reported by: Sakshat Kolhatkar
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A short but bright comet shower appeared over parts of Alberta and Saskatoon in Cana at around 6:30 am on February 22, as reported by globalnews.ca. Many residents mand to take pictures and videos of metro shower. Re on to find out more about this Calgary meteor shower. 

Calgary Meteor Shower 

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Many security cameras of residents in Calgary and Saskatoon also mand to capture this brilliant meteor shower. Some videos posted on Twitter showed a large ball of light travelling very fast, lighting up whole sky and leaving a long streak in its wake. Some people also caught glimpses of meteor. people who got a look at meteor shower reported that y saw bright red, green and yellow lights. next meteor shower will take place between April 19 to May 20 in 2021.

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Will Meteor hit Earth? Where did Calgary Meteor Go?

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So basically, what happened is outside of any large meteor heats up when it enters atmosphere and burns up brightly. As a general rule, brighter meteor, bigger it is. Upon entering, larger meteors usually break up into smaller pieces. smaller pieces usually completely burn up but if larger pieces can often be found on ground. Scientists at Alberta University are spending ir time looking at foot of meteor taken at different locations to triangulate landing location so as to find remains of meteor.

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What are Meteor Showers and what causes m?

Meteor showers happen when Earth in its orbit passes through leftover debris from comets that have broken up. While earth's orbit around sun if pretty much fixed, comets have an elliptical orbit and often end up very close to earth's orbit or enter atmosphere. inside of a comet is me up of icy materials and loosely attached rocks. When comets come into earth's atmosphere y break up into tiny pieces due to friction and heat and that's what causes bright meteor show. debris completely burns up in atmosphere if it's small or lands on surface of Earth if size of meteor is large eugh. 

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18:11 IST, February 23rd 2021