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Keywords: meteor shower, Gemini North, Geminids
![Геминиды над Китт Пик.](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/16/0001248732/geminidsKPNO_harvey900.preview.jpg)
16.12.2010
Two large telescope domes stand in the foreground of this night sky view from Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, USA. The dramatic scene was recorded early Tuesday morning, near the peak of December's Geminid Meteor Shower.
![Вспышка метеора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/17/0001248739/Geminid2010Fireball_abolfath.preview.jpg)
17.12.2010
Intensely bright, this fireball meteor flashed through Tuesday's cold, clear, early morning skies over the Karakas Mountains in central Iran, near the peak of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower. To capture the meteor moment and wintery night skyscape, the photographer's camera was fixed to a tripod, its shutter open for about 1.5 minutes.
![Звёздные следы на севере](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/24/0001248842/StartrailsViking_heden.preview.jpg)
24.12.2010
Pointing skyward, the wall of this ruined Viking church still stands after a thousand winters, near the town of Vallentuna, Sweden. The time exposure records the scene on December 14th as stars leave graceful arcing trails during a long night, reflecting planet Earth's daily rotation on its axis.
![Квадрантиды над Шахре-Кумисом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/01/14/0001249213/quadqumis_tafreshi900.preview.jpg)
14.01.2011
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower is an annual event for planet Earth's northern hemisphere skygazers. It usually peaks briefly in the cold, early morning hours of January 4. The shower is named for its radiant point on the sky within the old, astronomically obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis.
![Метеоры из потока Геминид над вулканом Тейде](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/12/17/0001297310/geminds2013_jcc_960.preview.jpg)
17.12.2013
On some nights it rains meteors. Peaking two nights ago, asteroid dust streaked through the dark skies of Earth, showering down during the annual Geminids meteor shower. Astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado captured the space weather event, as pictured above, in a series of exposures spanning about 2.3 hours using a wide angle lens.
![Камелопардалиды и МКС](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/05/25/0001312643/ISSCamelopardalidsLMalcolmPark950.preview.jpg)
25.05.2014
From a camp on the northern shores of the Great Lake Erie, three short bright meteor streaks were captured in this composited night skyscape. Recorded over the early morning hours of May 24, the meteors are illusive Camelopardalids.
![Метеор в небе над пустыней](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/13/0001248683/GeminidMojave2009_pacholka.preview.jpg)
11.12.2010
Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from mysterious, asteroid-like, 3200 Phaethon, the annual Geminid Meteor Shower should be the best meteor shower of the year. The Geminids are predicted to peak on the night of December 13/14, but you can start watching for Geminid meteors this weekend.
![Лириды на южном небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/24/0001308900/lyridsbeletsky_nolabels900h.preview.jpg)
24.04.2014
Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. Even in the dry and dark Atacama desert along Chile's Pacific coast, light from a last quarter Moon made the night sky bright, washing out fainter meteor streaks.
![Геминиды и друзья](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/12/16/0001450783/Geminids-DLopez1024.preview.jpg)
15.12.2018
From a radiant in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rained down on our fair planet this week. This beautiful skyscape collects about 70 of Gemini's lovely shooting stars in a digital composition made from multiple exposures.
![Радужный метеор из потока Геминид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/12/19/0001451462/GeminidColors_Rowe_1080.preview.jpg)
19.12.2018
Meteors can be colorful. While the human eye usually cannot discern many colors, cameras often can. Pictured is a Geminid captured by camera during last week's meteor shower that was not only impressively bright, but colorful.
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