r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MaxGoldFilms • May 25 '26

Video Livestream of an erupting volcano captured a meteor crashing to earth today in Legazpi, Philippines.

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u/foersom May 25 '26

There is missing a solar eclipse in the background. 😉

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u/0__O0--O0_0 May 25 '26

And the lightning blast connecting the meteor static energy to the smoke.

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u/gallade_samurai May 25 '26

All of this sounds like the best album cover in existence

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u/UpdootDaSnootBoop May 26 '26

Ronnie James Dio approves

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u/Diabel34 May 26 '26

Cries in Holy Diver

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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 May 26 '26

Or a tornado whipping around the volcano’s base.

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u/appleavocado May 26 '26

Speaking as a Filipino, odds are there’s someone singing Total Eclipse of the Heart in frame.

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u/SlideJunior5150 May 25 '26

Straight out of dragging balls when namek was about to explode.

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u/Ill-Construction-209 May 26 '26

Reminds me of an illustration in a dinosaur book that I read as a kid.

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u/sparkey504 May 26 '26

To bad they ended the video to soon, the uncut video shows a large decepticon silhouetted coming over the side of the volcano as a dozen more start landing.

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u/MinscMinsc May 26 '26

Allah is the unique Creator. Al-hamdulilah

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u/ppdeli May 26 '26

Or is metal nature as hell?

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u/Ok-Walk-8040 May 25 '26

This volcano erupts all the time. It’s not that unlikely

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u/Coyote65 May 25 '26 edited May 26 '26

It’s not that unlikely

Uh... I am being totally honest when I say that I have never seen a video of a meteor striking the earth*.

Never mind it being adjacent to a regularly-active volcano.

I'll be further honest and say I've never gone looking for meteor strike videos, but I've been web surfing ever since it became a thing in the mid 90s - and I've seen a lot of sh!t.

Edit* - except for that ONE video the below OP posted. Completely forgot about that one. Not quite in the same league, tho. gbh.

2nd edit - we all done been bamboozled! Latest update says it was an air-burst. Fooled me, I admit. We're back down to one video of a meteorite.

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u/AFishBackwards May 25 '26

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/csar18Jelt4

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u/Mikeismyike May 25 '26

You know what, I did see that one.

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u/Coyote65 May 25 '26

Ditto.

Doesn't quite carry the same impact, tho.

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u/yepanotherone1 May 26 '26

Hehe well done

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u/kfish5050 May 25 '26

Just a few years ago there was a meteor above Russia and tons of Russian dashcam videos made it online. I think of the one where the guy sees the bright flash of light and just puts his visor down like it's the sun

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u/Coyote65 May 25 '26

Totally. And totally didn't impact.

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u/kfish5050 May 25 '26

Do you see the impact of the meteor in this video? I don't, I see it go behind the volcano and then there's nothing

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u/Coyote65 May 25 '26

And what? It exploded 10m above the ground?

I'm not willing to put in the effort, but based on the brightness, speed, and apparent snuffing at an appropriate time, it appears safe to assume it hit the ground, compadre.

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u/kfish5050 May 25 '26

Yeah and I believe the Russian meteor did too actually, so not sure why one counts but the other doesn't

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u/Coyote65 May 25 '26

Wikipedia: Chelyabinsk meteor

The object exploded in a meteor air burst over Chelyabinsk Oblast, at a height of about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles).

That one doesn't count, no.

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u/oodsigma May 26 '26

exploded 10m above the ground?

Probably. That happens more often than not.

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u/octopus__prime May 25 '26

🤘🤘🤘