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Intense glow in the sky of Cyprus (PICTURE)

A flash of an asteroid crossed the sky of Cyprus shortly after 21:20 on Monday. The asteroid was visible from various areas of Cyprus, from Nicosia to Limassol and Paphos.

According to posts by citizens on various Facebook pages, at around 21:20 on the evening of Monday 21/8, a bright orange flash at close range crossed the sky of Cyprus. In fact, a citizen reported that it made a strange noise as it passed.

* Video by KEROPHILOS OF CYPRUS (Iordanis Christodoulou)

The President of the Cyprus Space Exploration Agency, George Danos, a few minutes later posted on his personal Facebook account, stating "I just noticed a small asteroid explode over Nicosia, Cyprus at 21:20, followed 2 minutes later by a sonic boom".

Source: Sigmalive

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