Meteor streaks across the sky in Shima, on the southernmost Japanese main island of Kyushu in the early hours of November 19, 2001. Many star gazers anxiously awaited the display of meteors after British astronomers said there would be an extraordinary number of meteors visible in East Asia including Japan. [Reuters]
 
 
 

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