Fireball lights up the Montana sky

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Many Montanans saw a bluish-green flash in the Big Sky Wednesday morning.

The Montana Learning Center in Canyon Ferry has a meteor sensor that captures videos and photos. At exactly 6:34 a.m., the system recorded the likely fireball many people saw.

The Center’s executive director, Ryan Hannahoe says, “When it reaches a certain brightness we call it a fireball. You have got a meteor which is like your streak across the sky that you are seeing. When it is incredibly brighter we call it a fireball and when it is even brighter than that, brighter than how Venus appears in the sky we call that a bolide.”…

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