Na Kubu je u petak pao manji meteorit, čija je eksplozija pri udaru o tlo prestrašila stanovnike zapadnog dijela tog otoka, prenosi Sputnik.
Pročitajte i ovo#BREAKING: Just got this video from a friend in #PinardelRio who says they think the trail in the sky was left by a #meteorite, which shattered windows and made extremely loud sounds. Sounded like two #explosions. #cuba @WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/AMmb9ZE6vB
— Hatzel Vela (@HatzelVelaWPLG) February 1, 2019
Na društvenim mrežama već su se pojavila brojna svjedočanstva događaja, a neki korisnici ističu da je eksplozija meteorita porazbijala prozore u gradovima Vinales i Pinar del Rio te da su se čule dvije eksplozije.
DETAILS: West #Cuba resident and Facebook user Fátima Rivera Amador collected a piece of the exploded meteorite https://t.co/YQVcDuhQOP pic.twitter.com/7IGqfA1NsR
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 1, 2019
Na Facebooku je jedan korisnik objavio i fotografije ostataka meteorita, no ta informacija nije potvrđena.
Meteorit je na Kubu pao prethodno preletjevši floridsko otočje, gdje je isto tako izazvao bojazan lokalnog stanovništva, prenosi RT.
We're receiving reports that a meteor was seen in the sky across the Florida Keys. It appears that a meteorite impact occurred in western Cuba, near the town of Viñales, Pinar del Río, earlier this afternoon. #flwx #KeyWest #FloridaKeys #meteor https://t.co/PbzbrEhoGf
— NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) February 1, 2019
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