The Leonid meteor shower once again brightened up the Earth's skies Saturday and Sunday nights, making this weekend spectacularly different from the usual fare. The Los Angeles Times reports that the peak times of the meteor shower are slated from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. PST, while livestream feeds are made available by NASA and Slooh.com, according to space.com.

The yearly spectacle of meteors burning up within the Earth's atmosphere has been highly anticipated as the rain of meteors across the skies had been especially spectacular in years past. However, with the full moon accompanying the Leonids this year, the astronomical show had been predicted to be not as dazzling.

Despite the letdown this year, the meteor shower may still have been enjoyed by many. NBC News recommended to look to the skies after midnight and into the dawn, at which time the meteor shower was expected to be in full swing.

Every November, the Leonid meteor shower puts on an amazing show of shooting stars as the planet Earth passes through scattered debris shed by the Tempel-Tuttle comet. The icy comet leaves dust particles and fragments in its wake as it orbits the sun once in every 33 years, and when these particles and fragments start burning up in the earth's atmosphere, the meteor shower begins, reports the Los Angeles Times.

In the past, the Leonid meteor shower brought the most glorious natural fireworks in the earth's skies with as many as fifteen (15) shooting stars per hour. In truly spectacular instances, meteor storms even occur. In 1996 for example, there had been 1,000 meteors brightening up the sky for a full fifteen minutes.

This year, the extra reward for watching the Leonids is the chance to see Comet ISON and Comet Lovejoy as the sky would illuminate from the burst of meteors .

The next astronomical wonder to watch for is the Geminids, slated to peak on December 13 and 14. The Geminid meteor shower is expected to be more entertaining than the Leonids, as the moon won't be in full form, and the Geminids will have the skies all to themselves.