Perseid meteor shower

Perseid meteor shower

Photo taken in the early hours of Aug. 13, 2020, shows a shooting star of the Perseid meteor shower seen above Mt. Fuji, observed from Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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