A small meteoroid has entered the Earth’s atmosphere and was seen lighting up the sky above the English Channel, creating a stunning shooting star effect.
The 1m (3ft) meteoroid was seen shortly before 03:00 GMT on Monday morning.
Social media users, some based in the south of England, shared footage of the rock which has been dubbed Sar2667.
It is just the seventh time an asteroid impact has been predicted in advance.
The European Space Agency tweeted that it was “a sign of the rapid advancements in global asteroid detection capabilities!”
A person who says they witnessed the event wrote on Twitter that the asteroid “lit up the sky with a pink flash which was spectacular.”
Another said: “I just stood at my window and turned on my phone. I wasn’t expecting much but it really was amazing.”
The agency earlier said the object was expected to “safely strike” the earth’s atmosphere near to the French city of Rouen.
The International Meteor Organization, a Belgium-based non-profit organisation, said the object would have entered about 4km (2.5 miles) from the French coast, and would create a “fireball” effect. (BBC)