SKYWATCHERS braved freezing temperatures to catch a glimpse of a meteor shower which burned its way across the skies.
The Geminids meteor shower saw up to 100 shooting stars every hour and peaked in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Across the county people looked skyward and some lucky photographers managed to capture the streaking fireballs.
Fergus Inglis, of Cowley Drive in Woodingdean, and Jason Reeve, from Henfield, both managed to get snaps.
Mr Inglis spent two hours outside taking about 250 pictures.
He said: “I've just started photography as a hobby and thought I'd have a go at capturing a picture.
“I didn't really expect to get anything but I set up the camera on the tripod at just after 10pm and spent about two hours outside.
“There were quite a few shooting stars, some very faint and some quite impressive. “The light pollution is a lot less in Woodingdean compared to the centre but I bet it would've looked spectacular in the middle of nowhere.”
Mr Reeve managed to get some striking photos of the shooting stars up on Devil's Dyke and his work can be seen at jraperture.com.
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