A schoolboy has impressed experts at American space agency Nasa after capturing a rare picture of a meteor burning out above his home town in south Wales. Jonathan Burnett, 15, was taking snaps of his friends performing skateboarding stunts near his home in Pencoed near Bridgend when a bright light in the sky caught his attention. He took two photographs of the fiery ball before it burned out and rushed home to show his parents. Later, he emailed the picture to Nasa asking for an explanation and was amazed to discover that the space experts were so impressed with his snap they had published it on their website. His father Paul explained: "He has a digital camera and was out taking some pictures of his friends on the street. "A little boy ran over and shouted 'look the sun has exploded' and Jonathan turned around and managed to take two pictures of it. "None of us knew what it was and we thought that maybe it was a plane that had exploded. "We were really keen to find out what it was, and so without us realising it, Jonathan had emailed the picture to experts at Nasa to ask for an explanation. "The next thing we knew that they had used the picture on their website" he said. Jonathan, who attends Pencoed Comprehensive School, said: "It was such a coincidence that we happened to be in the street at the time. "I was trying out my new camera to take pictures of my friend who was doing a skateboarding trick.
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