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Emrys

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4. It got very confusing putting this OP together because there was also a major sighting on the 22nd,

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Sun Feb 28, 2021, 10:22 PM

Feb 2021

Last edited Mon Mar 1, 2021, 08:49 AM - Edit history (1)

and some folks tweeting didn't check the dates out, so were reporting on the earlier meteor sightings.

As a consolation, I found this tweet from 24 February, which is too good not to share:

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Pareekh Jain
@pareekhjain
A beautiful meteor photo.

Daniel Kordan accidentally caught this meteor on photo while trying to photograph an erupting volcano.

#EIIRInteresting #meteor
Credit: Daniel Kordan, ViaWeb

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Meteor sighted across UK (tweet-heavy thread) [View all] Emrys Feb 2021 OP

WOW! elleng Feb 2021 #1

That's no meteor you idiots, it's a Jewish Space Laser Blue Owl Feb 2021 #2

Gotta get one of those doorbell cameras. Hoyt Feb 2021 #3

It got very confusing putting this OP together because there was also a major sighting on the 22nd, Emrys Feb 2021 #4

Clearly, the last tweet is a Spider from Mars that came on the meteor (nt) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #5

Because the meteor fragmented over land, pieces of it may be recovered: Emrys Mar 2021 #6