Anyone who bothered to look up in San Francisco late Saturday into early Sunday was rewarded with a legit sky show. The annual Geminid meteor shower fired off bright “shooting stars” over the city’s hills and bridges, with some viewers on rooftops and in cars reporting long, colorful streaks that cut through the glow of the urban lights.
WeatherBug Captured The Display Over The Skyline
A short video posted Monday by WeatherBug stitches together multiple meteors blazing over the San Francisco skyline, with sharp white trails sliding past dark ridgelines and the water below. The clip, titled “Geminid Meteor Shower Lights Up San Francisco,” appeared on WeatherBug’s video feed and has since made the rounds across social platforms.
What The Geminids Are
The Geminids roll through every December, when Earth plows through debris left behind by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Under truly dark, clear skies, the shower can crank out anything from a few dozen to more than a hundred meteors per hour. The American Meteor Society lays out the shower’s timing, while Space.com notes that Geminid meteors tend to be bright and relatively slow, which makes them easier to follow with the naked eye…