Astrophotographer Tommy Eliassen sent in a photo of Geminid meteors taken over Hemnes, Nordland, Norway, on Dec. 11, 2012.
Astrophotographer Sean Parker captured this stunning shot — a composite of about 30 frames — just west of Tucson, Ariz., in the early hours of Dec. 13, 2012. "This image took a lot of work, as I had to scroll through about 400 frames and find which frames had shooting stars in them, then cut out every meteor and blend," Parker said.
Astrophotographer Mark Ezell sent in this photo of a Geminid meteor taken Dec. 13, 2012, in Lometa, TX.
Astrophotographer Dennis Mammana caught a Geminid fireball streaking near the stars of Orion.
Astrophotographer Greg Diesel Walck aimed his camera at a rising crescent moon and Venus when a Geminid meteor conveniently flew through the shot. The photo was taken in Currituck, NC, on Dec. 11, 2012.
Astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski sent in this photo of a Geminid meteor taken Dec. 13, 2012, in Ohrid, Macedonia.
Astrophotographer Mark Ezell sent in this photo of a Geminid meteor taken Dec. 13, 2012, in Lometa, TX.
Astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski sent in this photo of a Geminid meteor taken Dec. 13, 2012, in Ohrid, Macedonia.
This image of a streaking Geminid was captured by Swaroop Hangal of Mumbai, India on Dec. 13, 2012.
Astrophotographer Jason Hullinger took this shot of a Geminid meteor in the Pleiades constellation from Redondo Beach, CA, on Dec. 14, 2012.
Astrophotographer Mike Hankey sent in his shot of a Geminid meteor taken over Freeland, MD, December 2012. He wrote: "There was great weather in Freeland MD and I was seeing 2-3 meteors per minute between the hours of 1 and 4. They often came in spurts with 3 or 4 in a row and then none for a few minutes then a few more. I also noticed several meteors not originating from the Geminid radiant."
Astrophotographer Jack Fusco sent in this photo of a Geminid meteor taken in Ocean City, NJ, on Dec. 14, 2012. He writes: "The shower produced a high number of meteors and fireballs that lit up the sky. Hands down one of the [best] meteor showers in recent years."
Astrophotographer Roberto Porto sent in a photo of a Geminid meteor over Tenerife, Spain, taken Dec. 14, 2012. He wrote: "[L]ast night I went to Teide National Park to photograph the Geminids. I saw many and capture some, but nothing impresive. When I arrived home to process the pictures, I inserted a new card, and go on taking pictures from the window. Was then that I catch this big Geminid meteor!"
Night sky watcher Jeffrey Phelps sent in his photo of a Germinid meteor over Saukville, WI, Dec. 14, 2012.
SPACE.com reader Victor Rogus sent in his photo of a Gemind meteor over Jadwin, MO, taken in December 2012.
SPACE.com reader Jason J. Hatfield sent in a photo of the Geminids meteor shower over Needle's Eye in Custer State Park, SD, taken in December 2012.
SPACE.com reader Peter Greig provided this photo of a Gemind meteor taken Dec. 14, 2012. He writes: "This is the only meteor I caught whilst on a Geminid meteor hunting trip ... at Captain Cook's Monument, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, UK. It was really faint so worked some Photoshop magic on it to make it stand out more. We saw some absolute crackers but unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side and we got some cloud cover quite soon into the shoot. After travelling so far and hiking all the way to the top of the hill we were determined to take home some good shots so we turned our attention the the amazing view behind us."
Astrophotographer Dale Mayotte caught this faint Gemind meteor on Dec. 13, 2012, from Clinton Twp, MI.
Astrophotographer Mark Ezell made this composite image of Geminid meteors falling over Lometa, TX in December 2012.
Astrophotographer Mark Ezell made this composite image of Geminid meteors falling over Lometa, TX in December 2012.
Photographer Matt Payne blended 2 hours of photos into one composite for this image taken at the Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Colorado on Dec. 13, 2012..
Gemininds streaked over the sky in this image taken by Daniel Hoffman from Harbeson, DL on Dec. 13, 2012.
Over the battlefields of Fredericksburg, VA, photographer Buddy Secor captured the Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 13, 2012. Thousands of troops fought on the same ground during the Civil War about 150 years ago.
Kim Coffey took this image of the geminids on Dec. 13, 2012 from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
Skywatcher Sunna Gautadottir took this image of the geminid meteor shower from Borgarnes, a small town in West Iceland on Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Mike Graham took this image from Chantham, VA saying, " I stopped counting at 100. It was freezing out but it was worth it. Beautiful!." The image was taken Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Wayne Chan took this image from his backyard in Moraga, CA on Dec. 13, 2012.
Photographer Ian Bell took ths image of the geminids from outside of Albuquerque, NM on Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Matthew Charron took this image of the geminids on Dec. 13, 2012 from outside of Lincoln, NE. The building in the image is his farm.
Photographer Nick Rose wrote, " This was the best meteor shower I have seen for 2012." This image was taken Dec. 13, 2012 from San Mateo, CA.
This star trail image is the combination of more than 200 separate 30 second exposures over roughly a two hour period of time and a handful of bright meteors. The image was taken by Jeff Rose on Dec. 13, 2012 from Cave City, AK.
Photographer Alessio Putzu took this image of the geminids from Serdiana in Italy.
Photographer Seth Dewey took ths image of the geminids from outside of Peterborough, NH on Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Kenneth Brandon wrote, "This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found 61 frames with meteors in them. Then I stacked the frames and created masks for each meteor. " The image was taken Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Matt Molloy took this composte image of the geminid meteor shower near Bath, Ontario, Canada with a Canon 60D and a wide angle lens. The image was taken on Dec. 13, 2012.
Photographer Jessica Jones took this image of the geminid meteor shower from South Georgia on Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Andrew Ketchum took this image of the geminid shower from Fort Mill, SC on Dec. 13, 2012.
Skywatcher Scott Tully took this image of the meteor shower on the mornign of Dec. 14, 2012 from the Northwest Hills of Connecticut.
Astrophotographer Óskar Elías Sigurðsson took this image of a Milky Way, the aurora borealis and a meteor on Dec. 14, 2012 from Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Sigurðsson wrote, "I was both amazed and a little scared to see those big "rocks" flying over our planet at such amazing speed."
Astrophotographer Warren Finseth took this image of a geminid meteor on Dec. 13, 2012 from about 2 miles outside of Underwood, MN.
