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This depends: most happen around the troposphere area, but some may even go through the atmosphere, burning up in the sky while it's there. So really, it all just depends.

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Meteors tend to burn up in the Mesosphere, where they collide with gas molecules at high speed (50-120km up). When they burn up, they are very bright for a fraction of a second.

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