The spectacular explosion of a huge fireball over the ocean captured in the film

A huge and spectacular fireball streak across the sky off the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia was captured in the film.

A livestream camera mounted on the Investigator research vessel, operated by the Australian national science agency CSIRO, spotted the fireball at 9:21 pm local time on November 18. The ship is designed to “look” down, map the seabed and conduct oceanographic studies about 60 miles south of Australia, but it was the meteor that flew overhead that excited the crew on Wednesday.

“What we saw looking at the live stream footage stunned us, the size and brightness of the meteor was incredible,” John Hooper, the ship’s travel director, said in a press release.

Local media have been “inundated with reports of sightings,” but no more photos or images have emerged at this stage, according to CSIRO. The International Meteor Organization, which tracks meteors, does not contain any reports on the ocean fireball. The investigator of the research ship appears to have had the only good view of the burning rock as it plunged to death, with pieces likely to have fallen overboard.

“We were very lucky to have captured everything in the ship’s live stream,” said Hooper.

You can check out the fireball above and find the full video here.

Meteors are giant chunks of rocks that are known to put on a show when they collide with Earth’s atmosphere. In the month of July, a fireball exploded over Tokyo with the force of 165 tons of TNT – enough to create a sonic boom.

And while you may have gotten lost in seeing those rocks rattling and bumping into the Earth, you can catch Leonid meteor shower right now, which will remain active until Monday 30 November. Many possibilities to witness the extraordinary celestial events.