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with the latest occurring late Monday night.
The shower will last until dawn.The Leonids are also expected to be visible on Friday.
The shower reaches its perihelion closest approach to the sun every 33 years.peaking in the early morning hours of Saturday.JAMAL NASRALLAH/AFP via Getty Images The Leonids are fast streaking by at 44 miles per second.
For 15 minutes during the 1966 storm.thousands of meteors per minute fell through Earths atmosphere so many that it looked like it was raining.
1999 shows a Leonid meteor storm over the Azrak desert.
The Leonids come from debris from the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.but authorities later reopened the entrances.
Scores of Democratic representatives and candidates.saying officers rushed them without warning.
targeted pauses in the fighting helped ensure safe transfers of the hostages back to Israel.The protest unfolded asIsrael is considering a proposal that would see Hamas release some hostages in exchange for a three-to-five-day cease-fire in the war.