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![]() Picture gallery: Celestial fireworks
![]() The Leonids blaze a trail over Joshua trees in Southern California's Mojave Desert. The storm is captured on a 30 minute exposure.
![]() Police said 30,000 people headed for the south of Hong Kong island to watch the display.
![]() Further north the Great Wall also afforded one of the better vantage points.
![]() Mongolians braved temperatures of minius 25 Celsius to watch the phenomenon.
![]() A meteor streaks across the sky above Cape Enrage Lighthouse, New Brunswick Canada. The shower is nicknamed the Leonids because ancient observers thought the meteors came from the constellation Leo. |
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