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Leonid meteor storm Nov 19 2001

by

F.Espenak/Novapix

Reference

a-efi01-00015

Date

2006-09-21

Meteors quickly flash across the southern sky in an image that captures Uluru (Ayers Rock) on the horizon. The star trails of Crux and Centaurus are to the left while the ghostly images of the Magellanic Clouds are visible to the right.