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Stunning 1998 Leonid Fireball
Credit: Lorenzo Lovato
Italian astrophotographer Lorenzo Lovato photographed this spectacular fireball from the 1998 Leonid meteor shower on Nov. 17, 1998.
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Leonid Meteor Shower 2001: Chris Gruhusko
Credit: Chris Gruhusko
Photographer Chris Gruhusko captured this view of the Leonid meteor shower in November 2001 over the north face of Wind Mountain in the Cornudas Mountain of Southern New Mexico.
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2011 Leonid Meteor Shower
Credit: Salvador Aguirre
This fireball was captured on Nov. 10, 2011 during the 2011 Leonid meteor shower. This false light image was taken using the All Sky Sentinel camera at the Sandia National Laboratories in Sonora, Mexico.
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Leonid Meteor Storm of 1999
Credit: NASA
NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign captured this image during the 1999 Leonid meteor storm. The photo was taken with a 28 mm camera.
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2002 Leonid Meteor Shower
Credit: Tyson Hofsommer
This image was taken by skywatcher Tyson Hofsommer from Kansas City during the 2002 Leonid meteor shower.
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2011 Leonid Meteor Shower Peak
Credit: Salvador Aguirre
This image, from skywatcher Salvador Aguirre, was taken using the All Sky Sentinel camera at the Sandia National Laboratories in Sonora, Mexico during the peak of the 2011 Leonid meteor shower.
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A Storm of Meteors in 1999
Credit: NASA
This image was taken during the 1999 Leonid meteor storm as part of NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Leonid MAC). The image was captured with a 28 mm camera.
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Leonid Meteor Shower 2005
Credit: Leo Stachowicz
This image was taken early in the morning on Nov. 19, 2005 by a skywatcher from the U.K.
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Paul Miller
Credit: Paul Miller
Skywatcher Paul Miller took this photo during the 2002 Leonid meteor shower over Santee, California.
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2001 Leonid Meteor Shower from South Korea
Credit: Jeremie Vaubaillon
French skywatcher Jeremie Vaubaillon captured this image during the 2001 Leonid meteor shower from South Korea.
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Dazzling Leonid Meteors from November 2001
Credit: Koen Miskotte
This image is a composition of 33 Leonids captured overnight from Nov. 18 to 19, 2001.
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2002 Leonid Meteor Shower from SoCal
Credit: George Willis
This photo was taken in Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California during the 2002 Leonid meteor shower.
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Leonid Meteor Fireball - 2001
Credit: Leo Stachowicz
This bright Leonid fireball was taken during the 2001 meteor shower from Australia.
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Leonid Meteor Shower 2001
Credit: Leo Stachowicz
This view from Australia of the 2001 Leonid meteor shower peak shows meteors streaking across the sky at a dazzling rate.
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Spectacular 1999 Leonid Fireball
Credit: Arne Danielsen
Norwegian astrophotographer Arne Danielsen captured this spectacular Leonid fireball on Nov. 18, 1999.
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2002 Leonids from Canada
Credit: Simon Filiatrault
This photo from the 2002 Leonid meteor shower was taken in Bellefeuille, Quebec, Canada.
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2010 Leonid Meteor Shower
Skywatcher Jim Gamble of El Paso, Texas created this composite image of the 2010 Leonid meteor shower display using an allsky camera.
