Leonids Meteor Shower Date: 11.17.1999 Leonid meteors seen from 39,000 feet aboard an aircraft during the 1999 Leonids Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign.
Leonid meteor storms happen when Earth passes through clouds of dusty debris shed by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle when it comes close to the Sun every 33 years.
Image Credit: NASA/ISAS/Shinsuke Abe and Hajime Yano
