The Geminid meteor shower put on a dazzling cosmic firework show when it peaked overnight on Dec. 13 as shards of the solar system asteroid (3200) Phaethon collided with Earth's atmosphere, forging fiery paths that illuminated the December night sky.

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If you're eye was on the sky early Wednesday morning in St. Louis, chances are you caught a meteor flying across.