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riversedge

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4. A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:41 PM

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A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by multiple witnesses, and experts believe fragments may have fallen near the Oslo area. 🌌☄️
#Meteor #Norway #AuroraBorealis #SpaceEvents

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Look up to the sky tonight--if in these areas........... [View all] riversedge Yesterday OP

Wow! Here is the current view over Falkenberg, Germany! Quite amazing red aurora from this mid-latitude location. Europe riversedge Yesterday #1

WOW I've seen the Northern Lights in Skye before, but NEVER like that. Insane. Completely visible to the naked eye ev riversedge 23 hrs ago #2

UNBELIEVABLE‼️😱🥳😍 I never would have expected to see auroras like this near Munich. Never! What an aurora show!! riversedge 23 hrs ago #3

over Iceland riversedge 23 hrs ago #5

A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by riversedge 23 hrs ago #4

Trump called it a sign from God telling Norway to award him a Nobel Peace Prize. 11 Bravo 23 hrs ago #7

chuckle!! riversedge 12 hrs ago #21

Now, that's just piling on ! nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #8

Northern Lights so bright the earth turned green riversedge 22 hrs ago #9

Wow! electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #17

Amazing TY electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #14

We're socked in by fog in NW Montana. Maru Kitteh 23 hrs ago #6

Maybe we all can see them through the clouds? mysteryowl 21 hrs ago #10

If there's any gaps you might catch a glimpse in between electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #15

Here's a great website monitoring solar weather 24/7 red dog 1 21 hrs ago #11

TY I usually go to the Geophysical Institute of Alaska Uni which has electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #16

Never had the opportunity to see one (outside of television) Torchlight 21 hrs ago #12

Kick! liberalla 21 hrs ago #13

Both my parents had seen them decades apart! electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #18

Northern lights in Qaqortoq, South Greenland, this evening. riversedge 14 hrs ago #19

🚨: Extreme Northern Lights recorded tonight 20 Jan 2026, over Tombstone Mountain Park, Canada 🍁 with a deer...... riversedge 12 hrs ago #20

That's no deer. That's Bullwinkle. n/t DFW 11 hrs ago #22

So THAT'S why Trump wants Greenland. DFW 11 hrs ago #23