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Orionid Meteor Shower Brings Some Pretty Spectacular Photos

Skywatchers Capture Stunning Photos Of The Meteor Shower
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Associate Science Editor, The Huffington Post

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The annual Orionid meteor shower peaked last night, and camera-packing skywatchers got some pretty great photos -- just scroll down for a look.

If you'd like to take photos of your own, you'll have another chance. Astronomers say more shooting stars are on the way tonight -- and perhaps for the next several days.


Photo of the Orionids taken by BG Boyd at 5 a.m. on Oct. 21, 2014 in Saguaro National Park East in Tucson, Ariz., and shared with The Huffington Post.


Orionid meteor streaking across Orion over Canaveral National Seashore in Florida on Oct. 21, submitted by Derek Demeter to HuffPost.


Photo of the Orionids taken by BG Boyd at 5 a.m. on Oct. 21 in Saguaro National Park East in Tucson, Ariz., and shared with HuffPost.


Orionid meteor captured by a NASA meteor camera located in southern Arizona in the pre-dawn hours of Oct. 12, 2014.

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