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Anna on 28/04/2024 11:46am
2200-2215 approximately tonight April 28 2024 Invercargill South City amazing shooting star like something out of a cartoon! So close and bright heading North – thick white light quickly followed by an explosion of bright light orange purple etc could clearly see a tail and amazing colouration. Extremely close too.
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Jordan on 28/04/2024 10:29am
Saw brilliant bright green flash with a long tail – looked like a firework – heading northwest in front of the Alps in Manapouri. Spotted from hillside. 100-200m altitude.
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Nethu on 28/04/2024 10:26am
Just saw one about five minutes ago above Queenstown skyline/gondola. Went into or behind the mountain. So beautiful
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Sam on 28/04/2024 10:23am
28/4 22:17
Brilliant bright green meteor falling towards the west, viewed from Lyttelton looking westward towards/behind Governor’s bay.
Bright enough to be very noticeable in the periphery of view out the window with bright port lights to compete with.
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Michele Pickens on 27/04/2024 10:10pm
28/4 at 4.30-4.40am Christchurch. Brilliant white & orange glow with trail…disappeared over Port Hills
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Moza on 27/04/2024 8:58pm
On 23-4-24 at 6.38pm I saw meteor heading horizontally northeast viewed from Kokatahi West coast. It had a very bright tail exploding into a big bright spark. Best one I have ever seen at first I thought it was a plane exploding.
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Donya Nee on 27/04/2024 5:29pm
huge bright white ball of light streaming from west to east low in sky above kaikoura seen from kitchen window on kk flats. 4.45 am. looked bery close as large to naked eye and went for about four seconds……that i saw of it anyhow. house obscured some of its flight. burnt out just before it looked like it woukd hit kaikoura. thats to the naked eye.
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Ben mason on 27/04/2024 5:12pm
Two witnessed tonight over Taupo both burning up approximately 5-6 hour apart during my night shift, looked like it was directly over the township but hard to tell.
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Carl on 27/04/2024 12:01pm
Saw orange glow at 7pm, 27/04. Travelled frm SW direction to north. In Beachlands, east Auck. Then saw similar again at 7.50 & 7.55, all travelled in the same trajectory, last one was changing colour. Never seen anything like it with my past stargazing, thought it may hve been space debris🤔
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Nicky on 27/04/2024 11:53am
Driving over Curletts Road overpass heading north (Chch) approx between 12.30-1pm and saw a bright white ball with tail in the sky, moving downwards quickly towards the earth. Too fast/too vertical to be an aircraft.
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