The Sickest Instagram Photos of the Geminid Meteor Shower

A photo posted by ᴰᴱᴬᴺ ᴮᴬᴿᴷᴱᴿ ᴬᴷᴬ ᴷᴵᴸᴸᴮᴿᴱᴬᴷ (@chefdeanbarker) on Dec 14, 2015 at 5:57am PST

It was one of those where scientists tell everyone to look towards the sky because something fantastic is going to happen. In fact, last night was especially stellar because the Geminid meteor shower, they said, hit its peak. People from all over the world flocked to Instagram to document the event, which appears thanks to fragments of an extinct comet that orbit the sun.

As with the unusually intense Aurora Borealis and the a once-in-a-decade super blood moon eclipse, Instagram's network of photographers have outdone themselves. Neil DeGrasse Tyson once referred to the Geminid meteor shower as bunch of "Hypersonic pebbles from space," and the likes of Dean Barker, Jack Fusco, and Stéphane Guisard live up to his vivid imagery. Check out the first wave of rich sky photography, composites, and timelapses below.

A photo posted by Jack Fusco (@jackfusco) on Dec 13, 2015 at 11:43am PST

A photo posted by ABC15 Arizona (@abc15arizona) on Dec 11, 2015 at 6:35pm PST

A photo posted by Zivile Pupinyte Skiles (@screwedforever) on Dec 14, 2015 at 6:40am PST

A photo posted by  (@kaiyaepiphany) on Dec 14, 2015 at 5:06am PST

A photo posted by Brendan Fung (@brendanfungsc) on Dec 14, 2015 at 4:55am PST

A photo posted by nis (@nis182) on Dec 14, 2015 at 2:40am PST

A photo posted by Lav Alverne (@cartwheelonthemoon) on Dec 14, 2015 at 2:27am PST

A photo posted by Bryan Stranahan (@stranaconda) on Dec 13, 2015 at 11:44pm PST

A video posted by @philophasma on Dec 13, 2015 at 10:21pm PST

A photo posted by Daniel Morales-Franchini (@dmoralesf) on Dec 13, 2015 at 11:51pm PST

A photo posted by England's Big Picture (@englandsbigpicture) on Dec 14, 2015 at 1:54am PST

A video posted by Pin ta Pin (@pin.ta.pin) on Dec 14, 2015 at 2:27am PST

A photo posted by Mei  (@http.meimei) on Dec 14, 2015 at 3:23am PST

A photo posted by kolin歌玲 (@kolin54) on Dec 14, 2015 at 5:29am PST

A photo posted by Nick (@nicklpz7) on Dec 14, 2015 at 6:46am PST

A photo posted by @miztrek on Dec 14, 2015 at 8:01am PST

See more Geminid meteor shower photos on Instagram.

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