At midnight on Friday, meteors streaked across the night sky as part of the Ursa meteor shower over Xingkai Lake, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. /VCG Photo

This celestial hail storm got its name from the Ursa Minor constellation, but the shower’s parent body is an icy comet named Tuttle that orbits the sun every 14 years and was discovered in 1790. /VCG Photo

The shower is active every year between Dec. 17 and 24. Friday was also Winter Solstice meaning it was the longest night of the year. /VCG Photo