Perseid meteor shower

This was the evening of the first day of my late season trip to the Sierra. We drove all day over Sonora Pass and down 395 to Mono Lake. We went and pitched out camp in the lower Lee Vining campground, had some dinner and made ready for night photography.We arrived at the tufa garden at around 10PM and it was pitch dark. Couldnt see a thing!The stars were all out with just a sliver of the setting moon. Mono Lake has very little light contamination so the stars were very intense. There were a…

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Ladies and Gentlemen. I give you the 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower over Mount Hood, Oregon. This is 22 photos stacked representing about four hours.

You might see a lot or you might not see many, but if you stay in the house, you won’t see any. — EarthSky Magazine The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming our way this weekend. Anyone who lives … Continue reading →

Meteor shower over Pikes Peak, Colorado:

Taken by photographer Alessio Andreani, 24, they depict different moods for each shot, alternating from the bright and cheerful greenery of Italy to the crashing waves in the south of France.

The annual Perseid meteor shower of 2013 peaks in mid-August. See photos Perseid meteor shower fireballs by stargazers as the 'shooting stars' display nears its peak.

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A commet streaks across the milky way during the 2010 Perseid Meteor Shower. 40 seconds 1600 ISO 15mm Sigma Fisheye lens f/2.8 *Explored 8/14/10 - #1* All rights reserved © Logan Brumm

Perseid Meteor Shower at Trillium Lake Friday morning, August 13, 2010. I took 360, 30 second exposures to get this one shot. This is an aggregate of the meteors that fell in three hours last night. Exposure - 30 seconds x 360 exposures Aperture - f/2.8 Focal Length - 11 mm ISO Speed - 2000 Basically - This shot was created by taking 360 exposures and then taking the shots that had meteor's in them out and layering them over each other and masking and merging them into the lower layer. I did…

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