云南陨石：在城市上空爆炸的流星相当于540吨TNT [联合国媒体]

NASA's experts confirmed the stunning astronomical phenomenon known as a "superbolide" was spotted over China
A massive shooting star described by NASAas a fireball with the equivalent of '540 tonnes of TNT' exploded over a city.

NASA的专家证实了在中国发生的惊人天文学现象——超火流星。据NASA的专家描述，这颗巨大的流星就像是540吨的TNT爆炸产生的火球。

The stunning astronomical phenomenon known as a "superbolide" is an explodingmeteor brighter than the moon.

这种天文奇观被称作超火流星，这种流星爆炸起来比月亮还亮。

Many eyewitnesses correctly called it a "shooting star", but few had seen one so large - and so close - as they recorded the unusual sight on mobile phones.

许多目击者都正确地称它为流星，但是很少有人看过这么大这么近的，他们用手机录下了这个不同寻常的夜晚。

NASA confirmed the "fireball" sighting on its Chinese social media page, likening the explosion to 540 tonnes of TNT going off at the same time.

NASA在其中国社交媒体页面上对这个火球予以了证实，将其比作540吨TNT同时起爆。


  
The meteor was hard to miss as it entered the Earth's atmosphere and then shot across the sky just after 8pm over the city of Shangri-La in China

流星进入大气层后，于晚八点后穿过中国香格里拉市的上空，这很难让人错过。

It was hard to miss as it entered the Earth's atmosphere and then shot across the sky just after 8pm, with a number of witnesses recording it on their mobile phones.

进入大气层后，于晚点划过天空，有许多人用手机将其记录，也很难让它被错过。

According to reports, the mid-air blast happened at a relatively low 23 miles above the ground, with meteorites likely to have been scattered across the outskirts and villages of Shangri-La.

根据报道，此次爆炸发生得离地面相对较低，大概有23英里，散落的陨石可能分布在香格里拉的市郊和乡村。

Officials from Shangri-La said the were searching the area for meteorites and other debris.

香格里拉政府官员说他们正在相关区域寻找陨星及其碎片。


Wise Commentator
It's all biblical....

这完全是圣经中的...

Lovely Commentator
would be cool to see!

能亲眼得见一定很酷！

Insightful Commentator
God reminding us we need to do better?

上帝提醒我们要做得更好？

Respected Commentator
China needs to see,we all need to see ,that we need to do the will of GOD.we are destroying our own self's ,GOD don't like ugly.that's all I got to say.

中国要看到，我们所有人都应该看到，我们要遵从上帝的意愿。我们正在自我毁灭，上帝不喜丑恶。这就是我要说的。

Insightful Commentator
...here we go with the jesus freaks again... smh...a fireball blew up 23 miles above the planet! It must be a vindictive and petty god just missing his mark!If only everyone believed in fairy tales... no more meteors or geological events,right? What a bunch of morons.

我们又在这里遇到了狂热的耶稣信徒， 太让人失望了， 一个在地球上空23英里处爆炸的火球！这一定是记仇的小气的上帝留下的记号！如果每个人都相信神话故事，，那么就没有流星及地质事件了不是吗？真是一群白痴

Insightful Commentator
cosmos-reality!wake up people .Re-read that dumb fiction again and think about it .Truely ponder it .THERE IS NO GOD!!!

真实的宇宙！醒醒吧人类。重新再读一下那愚蠢的小说(圣经），再好想想。要真的去思考。世上没有上帝！！

Wise Commentator
can we say misile exploded in the sky?

我们能说在空中爆炸的是导弹吗？

Lovely Commentator
they must have tripped out thinking it was Kim Junk Un

他们一定觉得是金正恩了。

Wise Commentator
It was probably a North Korean missile gone awry...

这大概是一个北朝鲜的导弹出什么问题了...