Zodiacal Light and Meteors Light Up the Night (Photo)

Photographer Jeffrey Berkes took the image over the Florida Keys in 2012. (Image credit: Photographer Jeffrey Berkes)

The ghostly zodiacal light offers an ethereal glow to this stunning night sky scene peppered by meteors as seen by a veteran night sky photographer during a trip to Florida.

Photographer Jeffrey Berkes captured this striking night sky view while visiting the Florida Keys in 2012 and recently shared it with Space.com.

"I captured 2 quadrantid meteors in this 30-second exposure. I counted over 130 meteor that night and I was blessed to have the zodiac light appear in the eastern sky just before sunrise that morning," Berkes wrote in an email to Space.com in March. [Astronomy Guide: Tips and Tools to Start Stargazing]

To see more amazing night sky photos submitted by Space.com readers, visit our astrophotography archive.

Editor's note: If you have an amazing night sky photo you'd like to share for a possible story or image gallery, please contact managing editor Tariq Malik at spacephotos@space.com.

Follow Space.com on Twitter @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook & Google+. Original article on Space.com.

Nina Sen is a freelance writer and producer who covered night sky photography and astronomy for Space.com. She began writing and producing content for Space.com in 2011 with a focus on story and image production, as well as amazing space photos captured by NASA telescopes and other missions. Her work also includes coverage of amazing images by astrophotographers that showcase the night sky's beauty.