What does a meteor look like when it hits the earth?

Question

What does a meteor look like when it hits the earth?

Answer 1

Falling... like a shooting star...

On Impact..... a mushroom cloud...

Answer 2

Like a big charred rock that you might find near a volcano. Sometimes with crystal like substance on it. Very dark though since it burned up in the atmosphere on the way in!

Answer 3

It looks like a chunk of rock.

Depending on where it lands, it could have embedded itself into the soil, it could have a crater around it, and it could look "scorched" on the outside.

Answer 4

you might have heard about a falling star..

that's what a meteor from earth looks like..

Answer 5

Once a "meteor" hits the Earth it's then called a "meteorite"

Check these websites for photographs of meteorites --

http://www.star-bits.com/ID.htm

http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001de...

Answer 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKG4yJi_...