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A Geminid spectacular

Osama Fathi, taken from the Black Desert, Egypt

Jupiter and the Geminid meteors highlight this winter skyscape above a mudbrick dovecote in Egypt’s Black Desert. The shot was taken Dec. 8, 2024 with an astromodified Nikon mirrorless camera and lens at 24mm. The imager took a 6-minute sky exposure, a 30-second foreground exposure, and a thousand 10-second frames to capture the meteor streaks.