Stunning timelapse footage shows Geminid meteor shower lighting up sky
Geminid Meteor Shower Time-lapseI was only able to capture about an hour and a half. The long streaks are airplanes. The short “blips” are the actual meteors. pic.twitter.com/HQ6RhbMkPq
— JEKeyes (@jekeyes) December 14, 2018
Remarkable timelapse footage shows the Geminid meteor shower shimmering in the sky.
The video, shot by Jason Keyes, shows the celestial activity in the sky above Gilbert, Arizona in the United States on Thursday night.
The footage was shot over the course of an hour and a half, and was subsequently sped up, creating a dazzling effect.
The long streaks flashing across the video’s frame are planes, but the shorter streaks show the meteors passing across the sky.
The Geminid meteors originate from a rocky asteroid known as 3200 Phaethon, and each year the Earth passes through a trail of debris left by the asteroid as it travels around the Sun.
Geminids travel slower at about 35km per second and burn brighter than most other meteors, creating long, glowing arcs of white, yellow, blue, red and green.
Brits have an opportunity to see the showers for themselves in the skies on Friday night, along with Comet Wirtanen which passes the Earth this weekend as well.
