Fireball '100 times brighter than a full moon' explodes over Colorado

Less than a month after a fireball meteor tore through Canadian skies, astronomer Christ Peterson of Cloudbait Observatory photographed a fireball near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In a posting to an astronomy discussion group, Peterson said:

Early this morning (2008.12.06 01:06 MST, 08:06 UT) I recorded what I 
believe is my brightest fireball ever. I'm currently estimating a magnitude 
of -18, some 100 times brighter than a full Moon. There appear to have been 
some thin clouds, so it was probably even brighter. I don't yet know if it's 
on other cameras. The terminal explosion appears to be fairly close to 
Colorado Springs.

Peterson also posted a video of the fireball. The image, above, is courtesy of Peterson and Cloudbait Observatory.