In the early morning of August 3, 2019, the Alpha Capricornids meteor shower lit up the sky in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Alpha Capricornid is a meteor shower that could happen as early as July 15 and continues until around August 10. The meteors in this shower will be bright but infrequent.

(Cover image via VCG)

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