Starry, starry night
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An overlay image of 128 photographs shows circumpolar star trails over the San Telmo tower in Ubiarco, Cantabria, Spain, on Tuesday, during the Geminid meteor shower.
The Geminids usually put on a dazzling display that wows skywatchers around the world each December.
According to space.com, the Geminids are associated with the near-Earth object 3200 Phaethon, an asteroid that may have undergone a collision with another object in the distant past to produce the stream of particles that Earth runs into - creating the meteor shower.
Circumpolar stars are stars that always reside above the horizon and, for that reason, never rise or set.
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