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Keywords: meteor shower, Gemini North, Geminids
![Средиземноморский Леонид 2001 года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/12/17/0001173686/leo2001_tezel_c2.preview.jpg)
7.12.2001
A road trip from Ankara to the Mediterranean coast southeast of Antalya, Turkey found clear skies and splendid scenery for astrophotographer Tunc Tezel's viewing of the 2001 Leonid meteor storm. There he captured this dream-like image of a fireball meteor near the twilit horizon, reflected in calm ocean waters.
![Персеиды на фоне полярного сияния](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/11/0001192254/perseidaurora_westlake.preview.jpg)
9.08.2003
Just after the Moon set but before the Sun rose in the early morning hours of 2000 August 12, meteors pelted the Earth from the direction of the constellation Perseus, while ions pelted the Earth from the Sun.
![Летние Персеиды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/09/25/0001170903/perseids97_rickjoe.preview.jpg)
10.08.2001
Like falling stardust, cast off bits of comet Swift-Tuttle hurtle through the upper atmosphere about this time each year as planet Earth passes near the comet's orbital path. For the northern hemisphere, this...
![Наблюдение Леонид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/08/0001199879/leo98_apodmontage.preview.jpg)
16.11.2001
Will the Leonids storm this year? The annual Leonid meteor shower should peak this weekend and some predictions suggest that "storm" rates of a thousand or more meteors per hour are possible for observers located in eastern North and Central America during the early morning hours of Sunday, November 18.
![Комета и метеор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/02/07/0001233175/Quadran-Lulin_tafreshih600.preview.jpg)
5.01.2009
This meteor streaking toward the horizon through the early morning sky of January 3rd is from the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. Aligned with the shower's radiant point high in the north (off the top of the view), the meteor trail passes to the right of bright bluish star Beta Scorpii.
![Болид метеорного потока Таурид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/11/15/0001209507/taurid_nsl.preview.jpg)
15.11.2005
Have you ever seen a very bright meteor? Unexpected, this year's Taurid meteor shower resulted in numerous reports of very bright fireballs during the nights surrounding Halloween. Pictured above, a fireball that momentarily rivaled the brightness of the full Moon was caught over Cerro Pachon, Chile by a continuous sky monitor on November 1.
![40 тысяч радиантов метеоров на небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/05/12/0001234744/meteorsky_sonotaco.preview.jpg)
11.05.2009
Where do meteors come from? Visible meteors are typically sand-sized grains of ice and rock that once fragmented from comets. Many a meteor shower has been associated with a known comet, although some intriguing orphan showers do remain.
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