bright streak

• flashBrief burst of light
• streakUnbroken series
• gleamFaint reflected light
• glintBrief bright reflection
• shimmerTremulous, wavering light

bolt · lightning · comet · meteor · trail · blaze · flare · shine · spark · ray · beam · glow · light · shooting star · luminous · brilliant · dazzling · swift

• meteor trailsshooting star, fireball
• cometscomet, Halley's Comet, comet tail, Hale-Bopp, dirty snowball