The Night The Sky Rained Fire 1833 AD

In 1833, a terrifying astronomical event occurred known as the Leonid Meteor Storm, where the sky rained fire over North America. On the night of November 13, 1833, witnesses reported seeing shooting stars fall like snow, with estimates of up to 100,000 meteors per hour. This event was so bright that people could read newspapers in the middle of the night, and many believed Judgment Day had arrived. This event is historically referred to as "The Night the Stars Fell." At the time, few understood that Earth was passing through the debris trail of Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The sheer intensity of this storm actually birthed the modern science of meteoric astronomy, changing how we understand our solar system forever. #shorts #history #1833 #astronomy #scaryfacts #meteorstorm #weirdhistory #space #leonids #phenomenon