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Geminid meteors, 2010

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Geminids Meteor Shower, 2010

Over 100 meteors are recorded in this composite image taken during the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, Dec 13 -14, using an all-sky camera operated by the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. A fish-eye view of the surrounding nighttime landscape at the Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory can also be seen.

Credit: NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser, NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office