80 km of atmospheric fire

I'm glad this didn't happen over water. Satellite image of the meteor explosion over Argentina. 2025, September 13. Argentina, Lihuel Calel Department, La Pampa Province. Airburst. Time: 22:26:39UT. 19:24LT. Coordinates: (38.1S,64.8W). Altitude: 25.1 km. Energy: e = 16.7e10, -e = 0.48 or 480,000 kg/TNT. Velocity: 17.8 km/s. Trajectory east-west with a luminosity trail about 80km long. Seen east at Bahía Blanca, Provincia de Buenos Aires (AR), Witness: “ It was persistent and incandescent, like it got on fire quickly. The train lasted for a while. It was kind of a whiteish explosion and I saw some fragmentation.” Seen 520km south at Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province (AR) Witness: “It exploded very close to the ground, at an extremely fast speed, and the explosion was very, very large. It left a huge trail of fire, and then the smoke remained as a red cloud for more than 10 minutes.”

Image: RAMMB/CIRA in its GOES 19

A dolphin died in Brazil. I'm not linking this to the recent airburst, just keeping a close eye on what's happening.