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Mesmerizing meteor caught on camera blazing through sky

FILE: The Perseids meteor shower occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, and appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the north eastern sky. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A man caught an amazing spectacle on camera: Bright, blazing meteor flying through the air over Mexico City.

The video, posted on ABC News' Facebook page, has been viewer thousands of times and has hundreds of comments.

The meteor is a precursor for the Geminids meteor shower, expected to peak in the morning of Dec. 15.

Meteor blazes through night sky

LIT UP: Onlooker captures mesmerizing moment a meteor blazes through the night sky over Mexico City. https://abcn.ws/2RR0NDl

Posted by ABC News on Tuesday, December 11, 2018