Meteorite Dropping Fireball photographed from a Plane

Few weeks ago, we shared with you this amazing photo of a meteor taken from a plane by IMO member Filipp Romanov on a Moscow-Vladivostok flight on October, 31^th, 2018):

Aurora Borealis from airplane and meteor (Flight Moscow-Vladivostok, October 31, 2018) over Russia. Canon EOS 60D: f/3.5, ISO-5000, 18 mm, 8 sec. exposure. Without tripod. The track of the meteor is visible at the 00:23 second of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-Edl2C5Ro (time-lapse; from Canon EOS 60D) from the same author.

This week, we received another amazing photo (2 photos actually) of a meteor taken from a plane. But this time, this is not a random meteor, the photo shows the meteorite dropping fireball that occurred over Cuba on Friday, February 1^st, 2019! Cruz Maria Ruiz was on her way to San Jose, Costa Rica from Orlando, FL (Spirit Airlines 923) when she took a photo of the fireball and another one of the resulting smoke trail.

Fireball and Smoke Trail from an Airplane – Feb, 1 2019 – Credit: Cruz Maria Ruiz

Thank you Cruz Maria Ruiz!

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