This is the incredible moment a meteor lights up the sky before exploding as it enters the earth's atmosphere. <br /><br />The huge fireball stunned motorist as it hurtled across the sky in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, at 5am local time on February 12.<br /><br />A large ball of fire could be seen as the meteoroid, a smaller form of the asteroid, suddenly exploded.<br /><br />Motorist Violet Crystal, 24, was travelling to work when her dashcam can record the spectacular phenomenon.<br /><br />Footage shows the green light travelling across the sky with a long trail of fire behind it before exploding and disappearing from view.<br /><br />Violet was startled by the blinding light. She said: "It was so bright and was travelling so fast that for a moment felt scared it would hit the ground and cause an explosion."<br /><br />The Malaysian Space Agency later released a statement that the light appeared was a fireball rather than a meteor and luckily there was no injury. <br /><br />Residents in nearby Singapore also reported seeing the meteor. They said it was so bright that it ''looked like a missile''. <br /><br />According to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO), a fireball is a very bright meteor made of tiny fragments of stone, ice, or metal orbiting from outer space that enter the earth's atmosphere.
