Children await shooting stars of Leonid meteors

Children await shooting stars of Leonid meteors

SAYO, Japan - Children at a local observatory in Hyogo Prefecture on the night of Nov. 17 line up for a peek through a telescope to view the shooting stars effect given by the Leonid meteors.

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