It’s a first for the Maritimes!
Joe Velaidum can’t help but wonder what could have happened if he’d hung around outside his front door for just a couple of minutes longer before he took his dogs out for a walk last summer.
In July the timing of their walk departure turned out to be lucky.
Just a few seconds later after leaving their home, a meteorite would fall onto the front walkway of his home in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, that’s just a little east of Charlottetown, shattering on impact with a loud smack!
Luckier still, his home security camera caught both video and audio of the meteorite’s crash landing.
This is what it sounded looked like:
Scientists believe it could be the first time that both sound and visuals of a meteorite’s strike have ever been recorded and it’s pretty cool it happened right here in the Maritimes.
-Ian
