This is a video captured by Youtuber Aurora Borealis (LIVE!) while live-streaming the Northern Lights of a meteor that briefly turns the night sky as bright as day. In his own words while I imagine how pissed I’d be if that woke me up and I couldn’t fall back asleep. Plus that the meteor missed my apartment.

Huge meteor burn up. I was sat about 10 metres to the left of the camera and felt a huge shockwave. It shook the cottage.

My immediate thoughts were Earthquake, but then realised, we don’t get earthquakes in Lapland. It must have been a huge tree falling on the roof? Nope, all the trees are still vertical.

It was when I rewind the camera I see what actually happened.

This happened so fast, without warning and with such violent power. It was humbling, just how small and insignificant a man is, compared to the destructive power of the universe.

Wait, so it happened so fast you didn’t notice the light? That’s crazy. I mean, unless you were drunk, then I get it — I’ve missed entire hours of time before. Sometimes even a whole night. Also, how do we not know this wasn’t just Santa doing a trial run before Christmas? The man needs practice. There’s no way you can only do something once a year and expect to be any good at it. “Tell me about it.” Honey!

Keep going for the video.

Source: Geekologie – Meteor Over Finland Briefly Turns Night Into Day