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On Sunday, May 4th, a meteor
blasted above southern Ontario in Canada. The spotting occurred just before
4:20 pm local time and created a flash of light that observers say matched the
brightness of the sun. The detonation caused a loud hitting sound. The meteor
was about half a meter in length, producing it to detonate with the force of
20-30 tons of dynamite, space science professor Peter Brown told CBC News.
Although the Earth gets bombarded with up to 78,000 tons of space remains each
year, most of them take place above water or unoccupied areas. Check out few of
these dash cam videos that detected the short-lived, yet extremely bright
meteor blast: