Another "beautiful" fireball was seen streaking across North Island skies last night.
It was spotted after one lit up the night sky on Tuesday evening.
Fireballs Aotearoa, the public face of a citizen camera network monitoring meteors, told 1News the streak of light was seen over the upper North Island at around 8.35pm.
It shared photos showing the bright trail over Whangārei Heads in Northland, Rotorua in Bay of Plenty, and Waikato's Crystal Lake Observatory.
A spokesperson said that data was still being uploaded, but if a meteorite resulted from the fireball, it would have likely landed in the ocean west of Auckland.
Hastings resident Jacqueline Cheer said she saw the fireball when it first appeared towards Fernhill, describing it as being like a "rainbow flashing across the sky".
"It was really beautiful."
Tuesday's fireball appeared over the North Island at around 10.26pm, with some describing a "boom".
Steve Wyn-Harris of Fireballs Aotearoa said there were some "exciting possibilities" with Tuesday's shooting star.
People with their eyes to the night sky were treated to a flash of light as a bright fireball appeared to streak across the lower North Island last night. (Source: Supplied)
He said people hearing a boom "tells us that it got low enough into the upper atmosphere to potentially drop a meteorite or meteorites onto the ground".
Once analysis is done, "we will have a much clearer idea whether this meteoroid got low enough and slow enough to stop burning up, go into dark flight, and also where it might have landed".
He said there was a "rough idea" of where it may have landed, but could not share any details until there was more data.
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