A “ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME” fireball has been captured on video shooting across the sky in Shetland.
Webcam footage from across the island appears to show a “meteor fireball” passing through the sky at around 7:40am on Sunday.
In multiple video clips two smaller flashes can be seen before a bigger flash fills up most of the sky.
In a post alongside the footage a spokesperson for Shetland Webcams said that “strangely” there was no sound captured from any of the locations that were streaming live sound when the fireballs occurred.
They added the phenomenon was quite possibly a “once-in-a-lifetime” event for the island.
“From what I can determine the location of the fireball was towards the southeast with Cliff Cam 1 looking directly at it,” a spokesperson said.
“Two of our cameras and two of our radio links that were pointing in the direction of the flash did some strange things immediately afterwards.
“Fjara and Town Hall East did capture the object amidst the cloud prior to it burning up as these cameras have faster shutter speeds and are not operating in low light mode.”
Shetland Webcams is the most northerly network of live web cameras in the UK and are set up “carefully” along coastal viewing points to capture island life as it happens.
The project was founded 10 years ago and offers viewers a chance to catch a glimpse of other wonders like the Northern Lights or the opportunity to watch some of the island's sea birds in flight.
You can watch the full clip of the fireball here.
