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Video: Falling meteor lights up Valley skies near Scottsdale
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A meteor seen early the morning of Oct. 6 near Scottsdale. Photo: Courtesy of ResidentAnnual928/Reddit
A bright-green flash lit up the Valley sky early Tuesday morning, with multiple local stargazers capturing video of what appeared to be a falling meteor.
Zoom in: Axios was provided video, captured from a doorbell camera, posted by a Reddit user.
- The video, taken by user ResidentAnnual928 near Scottsdale and McDowell roads, shows a falling flash above a residential street.
According to a thread on the Scottsdale subreddit, the flash was spotted a little after 1am this morning.
- Some users speculated that it must have fallen somewhere in the Tonto National Forest.
The bottom line: If you're outside at night in Arizona, have your camera handy — you never know what you might see.