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Meteor Shower Delhi: A stunning celestial spectacle lit up the night skies over Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, and Ghaziabad on Friday, as a brilliant meteor streaked across the horizon. The meteor, which was visible from the majority of the NCR, mesmerised the onlookers.

The meteor shower over Delhi and others left a trail of small glowing pieces behind it after its fragmentation. Residents, who witnessed the rare event, were left captivated as the meteor illuminated the skies. Many said that it looked like a Shooting star explosion.

Several videos of the rare event went viral on social media, showing a meteor brightening the skies as people discussed the rare event.

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What Experts Say About Rare Celestial Event

Astronomy experts think that what people saw was a special kind of meteor called a bolide. When a bolide enters Earth's atmosphere, it gets extremely hot and breaks into many pieces. While meteors are common, witnessing an event like yesterday, a bolide, that’s so bright and visible to so many people, is very rare.

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No damage was expected on Earth as the meteor likely disintegrated before reaching the ground. The rare nature of the event has ignited speculation about the size and origin of the blazing ball. While the nature of the meteor was rare, the event itself was neither rare nor isolated. It was the brightness and fragmentation of the meteor that made the event uncommon. Earlier, the American Meteor Society observed that September is a period of heightened meteor activity.

The meteor was visible only for a few seconds, but it was so bright that it outshone the city of Delhi and Neighbouring districts, coming into the notice of common people, with people describing the event as ‘surreal’ and ‘breathtaking’.

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Social Media users defined the event as a ‘shooting star explosion’ due to the sudden burst of light, which led to the dazzling display.