Oxfordshire photographer captured shooting star

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Digital Reporter
The shooting star snapped in Witney (Image: Spotted Witney)

An incredible picture of a shooting star streaking across the sky above the county was snapped by a lucky stargazer.

The out-of-this-world site was snapped above Cogges Manor Farm in Witney and was shared to the Spotted Witney Facebook community page.

The image shows the celestial phenomenon zooming across the night sky followed by a white tail, backed by dozens of twinkling stars.

Shooting stars, or meteors, are caused by tiny specks of dust from space.
These particles burn up 65 to 135 km above Earth's surface as they plunge at high speeds into the upper atmosphere, making the air glow as they pass.

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