---
title: "7 Years of Amazing Meteor Shower Time-Lapses"
description: "[caption id=\"attachment_24506\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"610\"] Image via Tom O'Brien[/caption] When en asteroid/meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a meteor (also known as a shooting star, those lovely things that we all like to wish on). Friction from Earth’s atmosphere causes most meteors to burn up, protecting the life below and producing a cool show in the..."
date: "2014-06-05"
modified: "2014-06-05"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/7-years-of-amazing-meteor-shower-time-lapses"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# 7 Years of Amazing Meteor Shower Time-Lapses

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/perseids-meteor-shower.jpg>)

[![Image via Tom O'Brian](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/perseids-meteor-shower.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/perseids-meteor-shower.jpg>)
*Image via Tom O'Brien*

When en asteroid/meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a meteor (also known as a shooting star, those lovely things that we all like to wish on). Friction from Earth’s atmosphere causes most meteors to burn up, protecting the life below and producing a cool show in the process. In this video, you get 7 years of time-lapses that were takes of meteors as they blazed across our night sky. All of the footage was shot and edited by [Thomas O'Brien](<http://www.tmophoto.com/>). In this stunning 2 minute video, O'Brien includes footage of the Perseid, Geminid, and Leonid meteor showers.

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