This meteor flew over an erupting volcano in the Philippines, and then a weird light started floating back up from the meteor's path

What are the astronomical odds that a giant, green fireball meteor would explode over Mayon Volcano in the Philippines, as the volcano was erupting?

Literally 100% because it happened.

Check it out:

Did you see it?

That small white light!

The video host, afarTV, says that the white light was probably a satellite that just happened to be passing behind the fireball and passed in the opposite direction of the meteor's trajectory.

The meteor burned up in the air and did not hit the ground, even if the zoomed-in camera perspective made it look that way. That same camera perspective is what makes the satellite rising over the horizon look more in focus, even though the satellite is hundreds of miles away in orbit. The rotation of the Earth and the orbit of both the meteor and satellite might explain why they appear to have a similar path.

More from the Philippine Space Agency:

The bright streak of light captured over Mayon Volcano by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Ligñon Hill camera at 10:33 PM on 25 May 2026 was caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere, a phenomenon that often produces a brilliant flash of light.

Meteors usually burn up at altitudes of 60 to 100 kilometers above sea level. As they plunge through the atmosphere at extreme speeds, friction heats them so intensely that they vaporize. This heat also ionizes the air molecules around them, creating the bright, glowing streak we see as ‘shooting stars'.

If it had hit the volcano, we'd be calling it a meteorite.

Of course, there's always the chance that the meteor contained something that made it to the ground...