Monograph, Leningrad, hydrometeorological publishing house, 1966, C. 332. This monograph is devoted to the study of meteors and some phenomena in the upper atmosphere of the Earth using photographic equipment. Describes the equipment used for photographing meteors in the USSR and abroad, and the method of measurement and processing of the received data The results of the study of radiants, altitudes, velocities, orbits and other characteristics of meteors. Much attention is paid to the estimation of measurement errors. Attention is paid to the study of high layers of the atmosphere by the meteor method. Questions are discussed, associated with the change in the nature of the movement of meteor particles in outer space under the influence of various factors and the possibility of the transition of particles from heliocentric to geocentric orbits , which may serve as one of the mechanisms for the formation of a dust cloud around the Earth of meteoric nature. The monograph is designed for specialists studying the upper atmosphere and dust component of the nearest neighborhoods of the Earth and outer space, students and graduate students specializing in astronomy and geophysics.