Orionid meteor shower 2025 lights the night sky over Egypt in stunning photo

Shooting stars are pictured streaking through a starry night sky above a desert. A well and wooden swing set is visible in the foreground, and a glow can be seen creeping into the horizon from a settlement bordering the far side of a lake.

The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the nights of Oct. 21-23, delighting lucky stargazers with a gorgeous natural fireworks display as debris from Halley's Comet collided with Earth's atmosphere to create fiery shooting stars in the night sky.

Photographer Osama Fathi was among these lucky skywatchers, and captured a spectacular view of Orionid meteors streaking through the sky over Lake Qarun in Egypt on Oct. 19, as the shower ramped up activity ahead of its 3-day peak.