Yesterday morning when we asked “What the Shit is This Stuff Falling From the Sky?,” we did not know that we’d be asking the same question later in the day, but with more curse words.
St. Louis got an extraordinary light show last night when a particularly large screaming meteor streaked across our night sky.
It came out of nowhere and lit up the St. Louis area bringing a thunderous “boom” along with it at about 8:55 p.m last night. The clear skies after the snow storm yesterday offered great viewing conditions to catch sight of this fireball from the Northern Taurid meteor shower.
Meteors occur when Earth passes through cosmic debris left behind by asteroids and comets. Pretty cool, huh? You can check out the Meteor Shower Calendar at the American Meteor Society if you’re hoping to catch another one in the future.
Go ahead and make another wish as you watch the videos below.
Meteor flying overhead from east to west in O'Fallon, MO this evening just west of St. Louis. #stlwx #mowx pic.twitter.com/0IX2fppoEd
— Tom Stolze (@ofallonweather) November 12, 2019
Caught this on doorbell tonight. #meteor #MeteorShower pic.twitter.com/Bc7KcWckG1
— Cindy Parres (@CindyParres) November 12, 2019
SHOOTING STAR: A meteor lit up the night sky across the St. Louis, Missouri metro area Monday during the height of the Northern Taurids shower. 🌠 pic.twitter.com/KcQTXnjQme
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 12, 2019
— Scott H (@shogenmi24) November 12, 2019
Our doorbell cam picked up the St. Louis #meteor! #stlwx #mowx #ilwx pic.twitter.com/RL6pLoRNEy
— Alan W. Black (@AlanGeog) November 12, 2019
#STLouis #meteor from 364 in St. Charles pic.twitter.com/emHgBjd8PX
— Randy Watson (@rdwatson78) November 12, 2019
I thought my sister fell in the shower, but apparently it was a meteor crashing into HWY N and hopewell pic.twitter.com/vnOFVeKuEc
— Claudia Wallace (@claudiaxwallace) November 12, 2019
Wowza! I’m sure these videos are flooding your feed but I can’t get over how cool this is. Thanks to viewer, Jim Brogan for sharing his home surveillance video 💫🌟☄️ #meteor pic.twitter.com/H3ib3E8XJF
— Emma Hogg (@EmmaHoggTV) November 12, 2019
Last night, while @willardschools students and staff were at home, a meteor was above @Willard_HS, a very cool educational experience to watch!! 🌙 pic.twitter.com/a0ARe4NACq
— Bradley Cooper (@BradleyCooperMO) November 12, 2019
We caught the #meteor on our front door nest cam. pic.twitter.com/EjMQeO4SU9
— Pamela Beste (@pbeste48) November 12, 2019
In case y’all were wondering about stl today: it was 68° yesterday, rained all night, sleeted this morning, snowed enough to close schools for today and tomorrow, iced up even worse, THEN to be EXTRA extra, we had a huge meteor light up the sky (as if the weather wasn’t enough🤷🏼♀️) pic.twitter.com/1vPepCsLpx
— miss nyss🧡🍁🍂 (@spasticsparkles) November 12, 2019
#meteor
— Joel (@JM51477) November 12, 2019
5-6 seconds in.... pic.twitter.com/eKTZiXCmhS
Saw a flash in the sky over St. Louis and thought, “Is this how the Bread Co vs Panera debate ends?” #meteor pic.twitter.com/UVszXKWoOM
— Panera Bread (@panerabread) November 12, 2019
Email the author at [email protected]
