In Spain, 2015 Ends with a Cosmic Bang

On the last day of 2015, a skycam in northeast Spain caught a tremendous fireball -- a very bright meteor -- burning up in the morning sky: [Photo by Ebro Observatory (E. Blanch / CSIC-URLl - JMTrigo / CSIC-IEEC). That's a big (9 Mb) animated GIF, so it may take a second to load.] Wow. The camera is operated by the Ebro Observatory. The fireball is pretty stunning; it lasted only a few seconds, but probably got brighter than the full Moon. It was apparently seen by many observers in central ...