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Meteor lights up Norwegian night sky

Agence France-Presse

OSLO, Norway - A meteor that lit up the night sky over southwest Norway as it burned up in the atmosphere was from the Taurid meteor shower, experts said on Sunday.The unusually bright meteor -- called a bolide -- was visible from large parts of southern Norway when it lit up the sky just after 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Saturday evening.&quot;It was very powerful, and burned up completely in the atmosphere,&quot; Morten Bilet, founder of Norsk meteornettverk (Norwegian Meteor Network), told AFP.As the meteor burnt up, a flash shimmered in multiple colours across the sky, sparking a string of puzzled calls to police.&quot;It suddenly became bright, so I thought at first it was a car driving on high beam. But then I looked up at the sky and there was a massive light that shot across the sky with a long, blue tail behind it,&quot; 27-year-old eyewitness Per Skram told broadcaster NRK.&quot;The police has been in contact with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, which assumes it may have been a meteorite,&quot; the southern regional police force said on Twitter.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/28/22/meteorite-that-smashed-into-mars-shook-planet-nasa">Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planet, NASA says</a></li></ul>Norsk meteornettverk said that many people had associated the meteor with the Leonid meteor shower, which is currently active.&quot;But this bolide belongs to another swarm that is also active at the same time -- the northern Taurids,&quot; the organization said on its website.&quot;The Taurids do not produce as many meteors as the Leonids but the Taurids occasionally produce very powerful meteors, like this one,&quot; it added.jll/gil© Agence France-Presse

A meteor that lit up the night sky over southwest Norway as it burned up in the atmosphere was from the Taurid meteor shower.