About this ImageIn the fall of 2015 a photographer in search of images of the Orion Nebula snapped this fantastic image. A meteor, probably from the Taurids meteor shower, not only lit up the night but shown with an odd orange glow along its tail. This fiery effect is actually a persistent train — atoms in the Earth's atmosphere losing and regaining an electron create the eerie flare. [Learn more about meteor showers.]
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