A bright  meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere (IMAGE)

European Geosciences Union

A bright  meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere

Caption

This photograph taken by an International Space Station astronaut shows a bright  meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere. The brightest meteors are  known as fireballs, or bolides

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NASA

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