k Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China. Timeexposure image of silhouetted human figures observing and photographing meteor trails in the night sky over snowcapped mountains. The meteors are part of the annual Geminid meteor shower. The Geminids are a meteor shower that occurs annually in December. It is caused by debris from an object named 3200 Phaethon, thought to be an extinct comet. Visible in the night sky is Jupiter far left, Sirius centre, Orion upper centre, and the faint band of the Milky Way vertically above the photographer. The mountains are those around Mount Balang 5040 metres in Sichuan, China, on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Photographed on 14 December 2014. Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China. Time exposure image of silhouetted human figures observing and photographing meteor trails in the night sky over snow capped mountains. The meteors are part of the annual Geminid meteor shower. The Geminids are a meteor shower that occurs annually in December. It is caused by debris from an object named 3200 Phaethon, thought to be an extinct comet. Visible in the night sky is Jupiter  far left , Sirius  centre , Orion  upper centre , and the faint band of the Milky Way  vertically above the photographer . The mountains are those around Mount Balang  5040 metres  in Sichuan, China, on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Photographed on 14 December 2014.
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Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China

Geminid meteor shower over mountains in China. Time-exposure image of silhouetted human figures observing and photographing meteor trails in the night sky over snow-capped mountains. The meteors are part of the annual Geminid meteor shower. The Geminids are a meteor shower that occurs annually in December. It is caused by debris from an object named 3200 Phaethon, thought to be an extinct comet. Visible in the night sky is Jupiter (far left), Sirius (centre), Orion (upper centre), and the faint band of the Milky Way (vertically above the photographer). The mountains are those around Mount Balang (5040 metres) in Sichuan, China, on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Photographed on 14 December 2014.

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