Orionid Meteor Shower 2018: 7 stunning photos of nature's light show

The Orionid meteor shower, which occurs from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 every year thanks to debris from Halley's Comet, peaked this weekend, offering stunning light displays in the night sky.

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Social media lit up with images of the celestial phenomenon. Here are some of our favorites:

1. Glacier National Park, Montana

Photo by John Ashley Fine Art Photography, Facebook

On this opening day of Montana's hunting season, I managed to bag 35 meteors between moonset (04:00) and dawn (06:30)...
Posted by John Ashley Fine Art Photography on Sunday, October 21, 2018

2. Standen, East Grinstead, England

Photo by @simon_halstead, Twitter

I was out taking some photos of the Milky Way last night and noticed three shooting stars in this image. Orionids? pic.twitter.com/9YLfeTz93s
— Simon Halstead (@simon_halstead) October 21, 2018

3. Japan

Photo by Kouji Ohnishi, Facebook

#Starryscape Picture of the Day 2018 Oct 22
Posted by Kouji Ohnishi on Monday, October 22, 2018

4. Normanton, England

Photo by @Michiko_Smith, Twitter

@StormHour #OrionidMeteorShower Oct 22, 2018 #Normanton, West Yorkshire, UK. pic.twitter.com/p0CpEfzkhk
— Michiko Smith (@Michiko_Smith) October 22, 2018

5. Iceland

Photo by @clukinmarvelous, Instagram

6. Long Island, New York

Photo by @GSBImagesMBusch, Twitter

Caught a #Orionid #Meteor (actually three in the frame) this morning over my house #Longisland #Newyork @earthskyscience @SPACEdotcom @weatherchannel @hoffmanrich @NWSNewYorkNY @NatGeo pic.twitter.com/UcNAhavKXs
— Mike Busch/Greatsouthbayimages (@GSBImagesMBusch) October 19, 2018

7. Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Photo by @charnick_wx, Twitter

A stray #Orionid #meteor passes over Junction Butte and Island in the Sky. Taken from Murphy's Hogback, about 70 miles in to the White Rim road in @CanyonlandsNPS. #UTwx #OrionidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/ECS5s7Of6w
— Michael Charnick (@charnick_wx) October 19, 2018

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