A massive meteorite lit up the sky as it burst through the atmosphere over Yunnan in southwest China on Friday evening, shocking local residents with its fiery glow.

The meteorite created a burst of white light over Yunnan’s Jinghong skyscrapers at about 9:41pm. The meteorite left a flaming path in its wake as it cut through the night sky before disappearing seconds later.

Incredible moment: A meteorite was captured in the city of Jinghong, southwest China's #Yunnan Province on Friday and lit up the night sky. pic.twitter.com/fuM14KpuQ0 — People's Daily,China (@PDChina) June 2, 2018

According to the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the fireball was a bolide, which is an extremely bright meteor, CCTV reports. The observatory’s Zhang Xingxiang explained the fireball effect was caused by the friction when the meteorite entered the atmosphere.

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