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WE ASKED: What is your most spectacular meteor memory?

Liz Calderwood Camping one night at Wolf Creek Crater, Australia we saw a huge ball of fire fall from the sky to Earth. We realised we had seen a fireball. We were treated to a fantastic display of shooting stars of all sizes, some fast and some slow, with long tails and short tails. Never to be forgotten.

John Hunt I spent a night in a tent in a cornfield on Bulbarrow Hill, Dorset in the 1970s and saw meteorites galore and the Milky Way so crystal clear. It created a wondrous memory of watching them with my late father that has lasted 44 years.

John Barry I went outside to see the ISS pass overhead and just as it was passing I saw a meteor going in the opposite direction. Here was science and nature putting on a show just for me.

Gillian Rushforth I was visiting Egypt with my husband and sons and we decided to climb Mount Sinai at midnight to reach the top for sunrise at 6am. The sky was so full of stars – I’ve never seen so many meteors criss-crossing the sky – it was magical!

Robert Weir I worked on an ice-strengthened ship going through the Northwest Passage a few years ago. I sat out on deck in the pitch black watching the Perseids when the sky started dancing. It’s an amazing sight seeing the aurora – with Perseids seeming to fall through the coloured shimmering blanket into the sea.