By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 07:17 EST, 17 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:33 EST, 17 February 2013 Has the South West of Britain had a brush with a meteor similar to the one that rocked central Russia on Friday? Probably not, but mystery still surrounds this mysterious object captured hurtling across the British sky by a wildlife photographer. Stunned Annie Henderson, 65, was taking pictures of starlings on the Somerset Levels with a friend when she saw the bright light moving at high speed. Fire in the sky: Wildlife photographer Annie Henderson was amazed to see this fiery object above a nature reserve
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Mystery fireball captured on film in Somerset
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The ball of light looks like the meteor that rocked central Russia on Friday
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It also looks a lot like a Chinese sky lantern, or a firework
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