Robert Mikaelyan amateur photographers to get pictures of rare when a large fireball exploded in the sky. The incident happened shortly after he came out to take photos of the old sugar factory Netherlands.
Mikaelyan managed to get a picture a few shots of the fireball swinging low over the northern city of Groningen, before finally breaking into pieces smaller.
"I suddenly saw the light in the sky came quickly ... and rushed to get a picture," said Mikaelyan.
A few seconds after the fireball had been seen, the witness heard an explosion followed by a low rumble that shook the windows.
The object is most likely the space rock that shattered after hitting the earth's atmosphere, said experts who also speculated that the pieces of the meteor may land on the North Sea.
"This is a big event," said Theo Jurriens, the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen.
At present the earth constantly bombarded by debris smaller than comets, asteroids, and even the other rocky planets in the solar system.
But the ball of fire with such size and bright light may be visible only every 20 to 25 years, Jurriens estimate.
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