Depending on what you are thinking of, it could be either Lightning, or a meteor seen at night.
Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.
almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.
almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.
Meteor.
A `shooting star`, `falling star` or more technically, a meteor. They are called meteoroids in space, meteors when then are burning up in the atmosphere and meteorites if any remnants are found on the planets surface.
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That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.
The streak of light across the sky caused when a space rock falls through the atmosphere and is heated to incandescence is a "meteor".
As it falls through the atmosphere and heats up, the glowing streak of light is called a meteor. If fragments of the object actually get through the atmosphere and fall to the ground, the fragments are called meteorites.
The streak of light created by a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor. A meteorite is the remains of a meteoroid that did not vaporize after entering the Earth's atmosphere.
63 grams, because when a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere , it is heated by friction and appears as a glowing streak of light .Meteor showers occurs when the Earth passes through the trial of dust particles left by a comet.Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere.