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Milky Way Visitor

Photograph by Jerome Cassou, Your Shot

Echoing the arc of the Milky Way (center), a meteor—or possibly a satellite reflecting the sun’s rays—streaks earthward near Cagnes-sur-mer in southeastern France in a picture submitted May 17 by National Geographic Your Shot user Jerome Cassou.

Meteors are mostly sand grain-size particles that enter Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, burning up and superheating the air around them, which creates the characteristic short-lived streaks of light.

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