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Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley

by

Wally Pacholka/Novapix

Reference

a-efi05-00008

Date

2009-12-19

The meteor in this moonlit evening view appears in the faint constellation Monoceros. But its surrounded by bright winter stars including Sirius (lower right), the brightest star of the night sky, Procyon (lower left), and Rigel and part of the Orion constellation (upper right). December 13, 2007.