... Below and to the right of the Orion Nebula streaks a yellow meteor, although moving in the wrong direction to be from the Geminids meteor shower that peaked the night. ...
... This years Geminid meteor shower peaked last week with sky enthusiasts counting as many as 150 meteors per hour , despite the din of bright moon. ...
... 2001 November 22 . Fireball, Smoke Trail, Meteor Storm . Credit Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss . ... By contrast, the bits of comet dust which became the Leonid meteors seen on November 18, were moving at 70 kilometers per ...
... Actually, the bright streak is a meteor from the Perseid Meteor Shower , a shower that put on an impressive display last Tuesday morning, when this photograph was taken. ...
... 2014 May 19 . Meteors, Planes, and a Galaxy over Bryce Canyon . Image Credit Copyright: Dave Lane . ... that include three passing airplanes and at least four Eta Aquariid meteors , and bright stars that include the Summer Triangle ...
... What makes this image is of particular note, though, is that it also captures streaks from the Geminids meteor shower -- meteors that might not have been evident were the aurora much brighter. ...
... November 26, 1998 . Meteor Milky Way . Credit and Copyright: Jeff Medkeff . ... Cutting across this dim, diffuse band of stars which lie along the plane of our Galaxy is a meteor streak. ...
... 2014 February 12 . Rocket, Meteor, and Milky Way over Thailand . Image Credit Copyright: Matipon Tangmatitham . ... Next, a fortuitous streak of a meteor was captured on the image right. ...
... 2007 October 9 . Aurora, Stars, Meteor, Lake, Alaska . Credit Copyright: Bud Kuenzli . ... aurora flap high above you, brilliant stars shine far in the distance, and, for a brief moment, a bright meteor streaks by ...