Crashing Asteroid Lights Up Botswana Sky

A 2-metre-wide asteroid illuminated the sky above the South Africa-Botswana border as it burned up in a fireball caught on CCTV footage.

Video screenshot of asteroid 2018 LA crashing to Earth.

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