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Geminid Meteor Shower as seen from California. Image Credit: Kevin Key

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the highly anticipated astronomical events this December. Peaking around December 13 and 14 every year, the meteor shower appears to come from the constellation Gemini where it’s name originated.

We’ve collected several images of the December 2011 Geminid meteor shower taken from all over the world. We hope you enjoy them!

The image above was taken by Kevin Key from his backyard in Santee, California on December 14, 2011. He used a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera with Sigma 15mm lens. Other specs are:
Exposure: 12 seconds
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1600
Cropped in post-production.

More images below!

Geminid Meteor Shower as seen from Great Britain. Image Credit: Robert Cobain

Robert Cobain obtained this composite image of the Geminid meteor shower from Northern Island, Great Britain.

“I had a mixture of cloud and clear spells this year as usual, but I was lucky enough to get a good spell on the 14th-15th evening, which is normally considered after the peak but this year rates before midnight on the 14th were extremely high. It’s hard to get a good idea of ZHR rates before midnight but it seemed to me that rates must have been at least 160.”

The image is composed of about 90 images which are themselves composites created from the video of each captured meteor. Robert used a Watec 902dm2s camera with a Computar 6mm f0.8 lens.

Faint Geminid as seen from Romania. Image Credit: Andrei Juravle

This photo was captured by Andrei Juravle from his balcony in Timisoara, Romania on December 15, 2011. It was taken using a Canon 550D camera on a photo tripod. Other specs include: 60s Exposure at ISO 200, 18mm, F3.5.

Geminid Meteor Shower as seen from Macedonia. Image Credit: Slavco Stojanoski

This image was taken by Slavco Stojanoski on December 15, 2011 in Ohrid, Macedonia. He used a SONY DSC-H10 camera at 20 seconds exposure, ISO 800, F3.5 and focal length of 6mm.

Geminid Meteor Shower. Image Credit: Paul Martin

This image features a Geminid meteor streaking through Orion. It was taken by Paul Martin on December 15, 2011.

Moon, Jupiter and Geminid. Image Credit: John Chumack

Last but definitely not the least, here’s an image taken by John Chumack on December 12, 2011. The Moon and Jupiter can also be seen in the image. Check out John’s website for more photos.

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Dianne Castaneda is the Assistant Editor of Universe Today. She's also a Civil Engineer who has worked for a Government-sponsored University research project. Her interests are physics, traveling, photography and music.

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