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High-altitude shower

Xiaofeng Qu, taken from Lijiang, Yunnan, China

The Geminid meteor shower appears to rain down upon the Gaomeigu Astronomical Observatory (altitude: 10,500 feet [3,200 meters]) in this carefully composed 10-panel panorama. Also visible are numerous Hα features glowing across the sky, like the Orion Loop just above the observatory dome. The imager used 4 Nikon mirrorless cameras and a variety of wide-angle lenses to capture the meteor streaks.