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This is the incredible moment a high-speed asteroid the size of a car explodes over the South African wilderness just seconds before impact.
The spinning space rock was captured by two farmers on CCTV as it hurtled down from the heavens leaving a blazing white heat trail in its impressive wake.
It blew up in a huge fireball 30 miles before impact - but was just two seconds away from slamming into the savannah.
Asteroid trackers at NASA quickly determined the rock - which was about 6 feet across - was too small to pose any danger. It burned up in the Saturday evening sky over Botswana, eight hours after first being noticed.