The Baltimore Sun has reported an interesting story about NASA having a "fireball camera" in Georgia that has captured comet fragments impacting the atmosphere of the earth. It was reportedly the brightest fireball seen in the three year history of the project. The event happened Friday, May 20, 2011 at 10:47 PM. The information was reported by a site called SpaceWeather.com.
With a little investigating, I was able to determine that the camera was part of NASA's All Sky Fireball Network which has only four cameras at this time, but is yielding great results.
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