Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2021 shows star trails over the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Image achieved by stacking multiple exposures) (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere, reached its peak on Tuesday.
The Geminids are pieces of debris from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon. Earth runs into Phaethon's debris stream every year in mid-December, causing meteors to fly from the direction of the constellation Gemini, hence the name "Geminids."
Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2021 shows star trails over the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Image achieved by stacking multiple exposures) (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows a meteor during the Geminids meteor shower at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)■
