Fireball in the Sky

 

 

A meteor "fireball" breaks into three pieces as it traverses the cup of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) on October 17,  2012 at 7:44 PM.  Photographed from Montebello Preserve, Palo Alto, CA.  Canon S-110, f/2.0, iso 12,800, 1 second exposure.