Meteors
Meteors are most often the debris from the tails of comets. On any dark clear night, an average of about one meteor every 5 minutes may be seen in the sky. Most meteors are the result of very tiny particles colliding with our atmosphere. The average size of these objects is about the size of a grain of sand. But because of their high velocity, they flash into white heat instantly and can be seen from long distances.
Some comets have left ribbons of debris in space that lend themselves to annual showers of meteors, the most famous of which is probably the Perseids, occurring in August each summer. But at least one other shower is equally prolific, if not actually higher in actual counts per hour, and that is the Geminids, which takes place in mid-December.
This shower is probably less well known and observed because of the colder temperatures that generally prevail over much of the country.
Below are some of the meteor images I have accumulated over the years: