Meteor Shower Video: Stunning Celestial Show Lights up California Sky, More to Come Saturday

By Danica Bellini | Oct 18, 2012 04:58 PM EDT

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A stunning meteor shower lit up parts of Northern California's sky on Wednesday evening, and professional observers predict that the spectacular celestial show is just getting underway - more fireballs and stargazers are set to fly across the West Coast's night sky again on Saturday. Continue on to check out some awesome video footage captured of Wednesday evening's clearly-visible Orionid meteor shower.

Here is a video combo of the major celestial light show captured on security cameras at the Lick Observatory and photos snapped by Bob Moreno during his daughter's soccer game (originally posted on the Sacramento Bee):

And a video posted by NBC News:

And here's an ABC coverage:

National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson told the Oakland Tribune that the bright celestrial lights were so visible because of warm temperatures and cloud-free skies - the Orionid meteor shower should continue over the weekend and professional observers predict that the phenomenal shooting star show should only get more intense and significant.

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