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| Two Fireballs in Two Weeks Reported Streaking across British Columbia Canada
For the second time in two weeks, a large fireball was seen streaking across the sky in B.C., and astronomers say it's the best time of the year to see large, bright meteors. "The springtime is considered fireball season; we actually call it that," said Derek Kief, an astronomer at the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre. "In the early spring, people tend to see more fireballs than at any other time of the year. They're random and inconsistent and once a month you'll get a very good one." At least five people, including two in British Columbia, considered the fireball they saw on Thursday around 10 p.m. remarkable enough that they reported it to the American Meteor Society's "report a fireball" website, where it was deemed an "event." They reported the bright sparking ball of fire flared for one to two seconds. "Remarkable sight!" Kim D. on Mayne Island wrote on the site. "Saw sparks." "Not sure exactly what I saw but it appeared as a ball with a flame or something. It was pretty fast," Sheri