Perseid Meteor Shower, 2023-08-12 - a photo on Flickriver

Perseid Meteor Shower, 2023-08-12

            The Perseid meteor shower, which peaks during mid-August, is considered the best meteor shower of the year. With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long "wakes" of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth's atmosphere. 

Meteors come from a spattering of debris left in the wake of comets. For the Perseids, the instigating comet is comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which last passed Earth in 1992.  Swift-Tuttle takes 133 years to orbit the Sun once.

Although the Aug 12 show was not as prolific as predicted, I did manage to catch several.  The Northern Milky Way with 14 Perseid meteors over 2 hours.  
 
The Perseids are known for being neon green, purple, pink, orange and white.  I was able to capture a range of these colours in both images.

Taken on: August 14, 2023

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