The Orionid meteor shower, which occurs from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 every year thanks to debris from Halley's Comet, peaked this weekend, offering stunning light displays in the night sky.
Social media lit up with images of the celestial phenomenon. Here are some of our favorites:
1. Glacier National Park, Montana
Photo by John Ashley Fine Art Photography, Facebook
On this opening day of Montana's hunting season, I managed to bag 35 meteors between moonset (04:00) and dawn (06:30)...
Posted by John Ashley Fine Art Photography on Sunday, October 21, 2018
2. Standen, East Grinstead, England
Photo by @simon_halstead, Twitter
I was out taking some photos of the Milky Way last night and noticed three shooting stars in this image. Orionids? pic.twitter.com/9YLfeTz93s
— Simon H (@simonhknapp) October 21, 2018
3. Japan
Photo by Kouji Ohnishi, Facebook
#Starryscape Picture of the Day 2018 Oct 22
Posted by Kouji Ohnishi on Monday, October 22, 2018
4. Normanton, England
Photo by @Michiko_Smith, Twitter
@StormHour #OrionidMeteorShower Oct 22, 2018 #Normanton, West Yorkshire, UK. pic.twitter.com/p0CpEfzkhk
— Michiko Smith (@Michiko_Smith) October 22, 2018
5. Iceland
Photo by @clukinmarvelous, Instagram
6. Long Island, New York
Photo by @GSBImagesMBusch, Twitter
Caught a #Orionid #Meteor (actually three in the frame) this morning over my house #Longisland #Newyork @earthskyscience @SPACEdotcom @weatherchannel @hoffmanrich @NWSNewYorkNY @NatGeo pic.twitter.com/UcNAhavKXs
— Mike Busch/Greatsouthbayimages (@GSBImagesMBusch) October 19, 2018
7. Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Photo by @charnick_wx, Twitter
A stray #Orionid #meteor passes over Junction Butte and Island in the Sky. Taken from Murphy's Hogback, about 70 miles in to the White Rim road in @CanyonlandsNPS. #UTwx #OrionidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/ECS5s7Of6w
— Michael Charnick (@charnick_wx) October 19, 2018
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