Magical moment caught in space snap
It was a special moment caught on photograph at exactly the right second.
NASA astronaut Ron Garan took advantage of what most stargazers could only dream of and captured a Perseid meteor as it burst apart in the Earth's atmosphere.
He captured the magical moment through a window at the International Space Station during the annual Perseid meteor shower, the Daily Mail reported.
The budding astronaut photographer posted the picture on Twitter with the message: 'What a "Shooting Star" looks like #FromSpace Taken yesterday during Perseids Meteor Shower...'
The tiny Perseid meteors are the remnants of asteroids, and this particular kind is named after the part of the asteroid they break away from.
This particular meteor shower comes from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
Scientists estimate that the annual Perseid meteor shower has been watched by stargazers on Earth for at least 2000 years.
In ideal conditions, up to 100 of the small "shooting stars" an hour can be seen from Earth.
