Incredible dash-cam footage captures the moment a meteor illuminated the night sky on May 2.<br /><br />Arin Thammawong, 35, was driving with wife Suchada, 30, and three-year-old son, Ball, when the stunning bright green comet zipped down from the heavens in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, at around 8pm. <br /><br />The father-of-one is heard saying ''wow, what was that?'' as wife Suchada says ''it's something from space, I think it's a meteor or satellite''.<br /><br />More footage from a second parked car shows how the meteor flew down to earth with a glowing ball of green fire at the top and a long tail of orange flames. <br /><br />It lights up the sky for a brief moment before disappearing from view. It is believed to be from the Tau Herculids, a meteor shower said to originate from the star Tau Herculis<br /> <br />Arin said: ''This was amazing. I feel very lucky to have seen this and caught it on camera. I don't think there'll be another one like this for a long time.<br /><br />''There sky that night was quite clear so it was easy to see the meteor. We both made wish as we're told to when we see a shooting star.''<br /><br />Onlooker Tanakor Kamad, 23, who also witnessed the meteor in the Mae Chan district of the northern province near the border with China and Burma said it was ''spectacular''.<br /><br />He added: ''It has not been reported whether the meteorite has fallen to the ground anywhere near here. We have checked and it probably exploded in the atmosphere before it reached the ground.''
