Meteorite explodes in the night sky after Earth crosses a stream of debris from Halley's Comet

Above a castle, a meteor exploded and disintegrated into the night sky.

The amazing images were filmed on camera at Clun Castle, Shropshire, during an Orionid meteor shower on October 20th.

Orionid meteors appear each fall as the Earth passes through the stream of debris left by Halley's comet.

The video was captured by astro photographer Nick Nick, a landscape photographer, who went to the castle to photograph the 13th century building in front of the night sky.

He was hoping to do a "test with the stars," but in the middle of filming he saw the meteor flying in the sky.

The 44-year-old said: "I immediately thought:" I hope it was taken in the frame. "It's very unusual to see a meteor. Because I was spinning the track of the stars, I could not check the film immediately.

"It was pure chance that I just shot the series of images when that happened.

"With things like that, you have to be in the right place at the right time."

Mr. Jackson, of Ludlow, combined the images to create four seconds of footage.

While a circular cloud of debris scatters in the starry sky, one can see two other meteors spinning into the video in different directions.

He said: "It is very unusual to see a meteor of this size, because I was filming the track of stars, I could not check the film immediately.

"There are very few images that have captured this before.

"I posted it on Facebook on astronomy groups and everything exploded over the weekend.

"People were saying," You are a lucky guy, it's a unique thing in life ".

"The reason we photographers go out in the middle of the night and stay cold is because we are obsessed with the beauty of the night sky, its calm and peace.

"And when you see something like this, it's just awesome."