Meteor, summer triangle and Milky Way

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Meteor trailing through the summer triangle and Milky Way over the Yang Pass, Northwest China. The summer triangle is made up of the stars Deneb (top centre right), Altair (centre left) and Vega (centre right). The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Photographed in August.

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Photo credit: © JEFF DAI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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