Likely meteor shower caught on camera in Dakota, Pine counties
[Pine County Sheriff's Office]
What is believed to be a meteor streaking across the sky was caught on camera in Pine County Wednesday morning.
The Pine County Sheriff’s Office posted a short video of the streak of light caught on one of its squad’s dash cameras.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota State Patrol posted a video of a similar instance to its Twitter page Thursday.
The state patrol reported the dashcam video was captured in Dakota County.
One of our troopers appears to have caught on their dashcam a meteor streaking across the sky yesterday morning in Dakota County. The Geminid Meteor Shower is happening this week. It is usually the strongest meteor shower of the year. #GeminidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/fDay3ZNd2T
— MN State Patrol (@MnDPS_MSP) December 17, 2020
NASA and the National Weather Service said the Geminid Meteor Shower is happening this week.
You can read more about the meteor shower here.