Nov 19
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Persistent Train of a Perseid Fireball

The persistent train of a bright Perseid fireball. Actually, that is not smoke, but ionised gas.
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Nov 19
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Bright Perseid

A bright Perseid fireball is visible in this fisheye image of the summer sky. The Milky Way is visible from horizon to horizon.
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Nov 19
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Geminids 2017

Six Geminid meteors were composited in this shot. An observer admires the show.
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Nov 19
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Winter Constellations with Meteors

Three Geminid meteors are visible in this composite image taken above Lake Razelm in Romania. Thin, high altitude, clouds enhance star colour and make the general shape of the constellations better visible.
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Nov 19
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Meteors above the fortress

Two meteors were captured in a single exposure, above the Genovese fortress at Enisala, Dobrogea, Romania. They belong to the Geminid meteor shower. Taken in 2017.
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Nov 19
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Geminid Meteor Shower in 2017

This is a composite of multiple Geminid meteors captured from Enisala, Dobrogea, Romania. A 15mm lens was used.
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Nov 19
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Fireball in the Northern Lights

A quiet display of Northern Lights and then bam! it hit me. I almost fell from that boulder when that fireball lit up the night sky.
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Nov 19
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Bright Meteor in the Aurora

Sometimes you are lucky and a fireball appears just in the right part of the sky at the right time.
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Nov 19
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Orionid Meteor in Ursa Major

An Orionid meteor passes by the constellation of Ursa Major.
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Nov 19
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Meteor Observers

A bright Taurid fireball flashes above a group of apprentice meteor observers during an Orionid observing camp in Romania.
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Nov 06
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Perseids around the Big Bear

Seems like the Big Bear went out hunting for meteors. Or maybe the meteors are hunting the bear… Date and place: August 12 2013; Valea Frumoasei, Lotrului Mountains, Romania Camera: Canon EOS 6D Lens: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Exposure: 13 s Aperture: 2 ISO: 4000
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