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image credit & copyright: Jack Fusco



four Geminids flash through northern skies in this wintry night skyscape

the bright fireball and 3 fainter meteors were captured in a single 10 second exposure, near the peak of december's Geminid meteor shower

reflecting the fireball's greenish light, a partially frozen Lake Edith in Alberta Canada's Jasper National Park lies in the foreground, with the Canadian Rocky Mountains ranging along the northern horizon

of course, the glacial lake is cold even in summer, but photographer Jack Fusco reports that he experienced -9º degree C temperatures that night while enjoying one of the most active meteor showers he's ever seen









































in apod.nasa.gov/apod