Our kind of night light: Meteor brightens Edmonton sky on Saturday evening

Steve Rutledge's dash cam captured footage of a meteor streaking in the skies over Edmonton on Saturday night.

Watt was that?

An unexpected light brightened the nighttime sky over Edmonton on Saturday.

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And some drivers' dash-cams captured fleeting footage of the bright, green-hued light of a meteor in the north sky.

Cameron Kennedy’s camera caught it perfectly, lighting up the night as he turned a corner.

Another piece of footage from Steve Rutledge" shows its descent as he was driving into Edmonton from Beaumont.

Commenters on social media – let’s call them socia-lights – say the meteor lit up the sky at 7:45 p.m.