... Credit Copyright: Phil Hart Explanation: At least 34 meteors are included in this composite image as they rain through Australian skies during the annual Geminid Meteor shower . ... Although the particles are traveling parallel to each other, the resulting streaks clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky near Gemini's twin stars Castor and Pollux at the lower right. ... Near the radiant point, an extra star in Gemini is actually the flash of a meteor seen almost head-on. ...