Time for a meteor shower

By Corinne Perkins
August 13, 2010
meteor shower | photography | user-generated content

A meteor (R) streaks past stars in the night sky over Christchurch Castle in Dorset, Britain, August 12, 2010. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle. Your View/Rob Cherry

In much the same way that Reuters photographer Kieran Doherty captured the Perseid meteor shower over Stonehenge, Your View contributor Rob Cherry stopped a meteor in the sky over the Christchurch Castle in Dorset.

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