Advent celestial spectacle: Tonight, one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year reached its peak – the Geminids. Over the mountain massif Yulong Xueshan not far from the city of Lijiang in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, the shooting stars lit up the night sky. Along with the summer Perseids, the Geminids are among the most beautiful meteor showers of the year. At 35 kilometers per second, the dust particles of the Geminids also fall rather slowly through the atmosphere, which is why they shine for a long time.