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The last meteor shower of 2022 over southcentral Alaska has been caught on numerous home security cameras, illuminating the early morning winter solstice sky with a flash of fiery color.
The meteor appeared at around 5:45 a.m. on Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, waking many Alaskans from their slumber. It caused a “fireball” emitting white, blue, and orange light according to residents’ reports from Anchorage and Wasilla that were submitted to the citizen-science collective American Meteor Society.

(Courtesy of Joe Waggoner)
National Weather Service Climatologist, Brian Brettschneider, whose doorbell camera captured the light show, was among the first to know about it as he received a notification showing footage of the streaking light and a bright flare....