MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – With the Geminid meteor shower taking place this week and visible in many parts of the state, the Minnesota State Patrol shares an image of one of their troopers.
The patrol said an officer on a patrol in Dakota County on Wednesday morning caught what appears to be a meteor shooting through the sky.
They posted the video below on Twitter, with the meteor in sight for 21 seconds.
One of our troopers appears to have caught a meteor yesterday morning in Dakota County, flying their dashcam through the sky. The Geminid Meteor Shower takes place this week. It is usually the strongest meteor shower of the year. #GeminidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/fDay3ZNd2T
– MN State Patrol (@MnDPS_MSP) December 17, 2020
The Geminids are a meteor shower that can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere every December, generally peaking around December 14.
According to NASA, the Geminids come from an asteroid or a possible ‘rock comet’. During peak activity, about 120 meteors per hour hurl through the sky, at a speed of 22 miles per second.