© xx Matteo Abel of Squamish, B.C., captured video of the meteor on his doorbell camera on Oct. 12, 2022. Many people across Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island reported seeing a large meteor burning up in the earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night. "It is a meteor, just a very, very bright one," said Marley Leacock, an astronomer at Vancouver's H.R. In Squamish, Matteo Abel recorded a bright flash on his doorbell camera. The celestial sighting comes during the annual Orionids meteor shower, which takes place as Earth passes through the debris field left behind by Halley's comet.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2022 09:00 UTC