Meteor Photographed Shooting Across Loch Ness
The meteor's reflection showed the colors of Ireland's flag.
— -- A tour guide in Scotland says it was a “fluke” that he managed to capture a stunning image of a meteor shooting across the sky on the shores of Loch Ness.
John Alasdair Macdonald was near Dochfour, Scotland, Sunday when he shot the image.
“I was taking some new pictures to put on my Facebook page using a Sony RX10,” Macdonald told the BBC. “It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke.
“I will never take a picture like that again,” he added.
Macdonald posted the photo on the Facebook page of his tour company, The Hebridean Explorer, where it has received over 14,000 “likes” since Sunday.
In the meteor’s reflection can be seen the colors orange, green and white, the colors of neighboring Ireland’s flag.
The meteor over Loch Ness Sunday prompted a "deluge" of calls to local authorities from people concerned the lights from the meteor were distress "flares," according to the BBC.