Erlent | mbl | 14.8.2022 | 12:42

Myndskeið: Drunur reyndust vera loftsteinn

Myndin tengist fréttinni ekki beint. REUTERS/Gerardo Garcia

Íbúar í Utah-ríki og suðurhluta Idaho-ríki í Bandaríkjunum heyrðu háar drunur í gærmorgun sem reyndist vera loftsteinn.

CBC News greinir frá þessu en margir deildu myndskeiðum af hvellinum á samfélagsmiðlum.

Veðurstofa Bandaríkjanna staðfesti að um loftsteinn hafi verið að ræða en hvellurinn heyrðist um hálf níu í gærmorgun.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service said that a loud boom heard around Salt Lake City was likely a meteor hurtling through the air. https://t.co/Ejw8diZnr1 pic.twitter.com/yV2Dc8v9qU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 13, 2022

Bolstering the meteor theory for this morning's #boom in #Utah, the two reddish pixels shown over Davis and Morgan counties are from the GOES-17 Lightning Mapper, but not associated with evidence of thunderstorm activity in satellite or radar. Likely the meteor trail/flash #utwx pic.twitter.com/qRO2Rsfca7
— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) August 13, 2022

Did you hear that loud boom this morning? Our web cams captured this meteor flying over Snowbasin! ☄️ pic.twitter.com/Dgv0W2Vd4H
— Snowbasin Resort (@SnowbasinResort) August 13, 2022