2025 August 06 - Meteor Before Galaxy

In today's image, we see a meteor passing in front of the Andromeda galaxy on the sky in this image from 2016. This image was taken during the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower that year. The Perseids will be peaking again this coming week.

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