Two rare fireballs have been spotted in North America’s skies over the course of a day.

On Tuesday, a “once in a lifetime” meteor was seen shooting over Canada and the United States, the Weather Network reported.

Two rare fireballs have been spotted in North America's skies over the course of a day.

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Two rare fireballs have been spotted in North America’s skies over the course of a day.
A map showing where the meteors were spotted

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A map showing where the meteors were spottedCredit: American Meteor Society

And almost exactly 24 hours later, another meteor was seen over nearly the same area.

What’s more, the fiery meteors came from completely different parts of the sky.

The first object became visible at 9:48 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday as it shot across the night sky.

Witnesses initially spotted the fireball around 25 miles north of Erwood, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, according to the American Meteor Society.

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Then the meteor changed direction for about five seconds as it blazed towards the southwest.

It eventually faded out just west of Fosston, Saskatchewan.

The spectacular event was also seen in neighboring areas, including southern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and North Dakota in the northern United States.

And then on Wednesday, March 23, at 9:47 p.m. CT, a second meteor was observed coming from a different point in space over the same areas.

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Many users who witnessed the astronomical events took to social media to express their awe.

“A fireball this big and bright is exceptionally rare for a person to see,” Scott Young, the planetarium astronomer at the Manitoba Museum, told CBC Manitoba on Wednesday.

“If you’re a devoted skywatcher and you spend your whole life, you might be lucky to see two. But I mean, it really is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Young added.

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Meteors are rocky objects, sometimes made of ice, that blaze in the Earth’s atmosphere from space.

They often travel at speeds of up to hundreds of thousands of miles per hour

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