Here’s What Meteors Streaking Toward Earth Look Like From Space

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured the action as a shower of bright fireball meteors rained down.

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By Tom Yulsman
Jan 23, 2020 9:00 PMJan 24, 2020 6:43 PM
Meteor Shower as Seen From Space
Composite image taken by astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station on January 4, 2020. (Source: NASA Earth Observatory)

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The first thing that caught my eye when I saw this lovely image shot from the International Space Station was the green and yellow curtains of shimmering light — the aurora borealis over northern Canada.

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