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Ghostly ‘spiral’ photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it

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Photographer Joshua Thum captured a shot of the mystery spiral glowing above Wisconsin’s Yerkes Observatory while trying to snap “shooting stars” from the Perseids meteor shower. (Image credit: Joshua Thum)

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