Thursday, August 17, 2023

Perseids

The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the constellation Perseus....The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it travels on its 133-year orbit.
~Wikipedia


For Art Thursday, The Perseids. They can be seen between mid-July and the beginning of September, with the peak this year being August 13th. They are primarily visible in the Northern Hemisphere, but are still enjoyable elsewhere when you have photos like these:

Perseid meteor shower above the chapel of St. Urban in Slavkov near Brno. A composition consisting of 45 images.
Michal.danes

In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.
Bill Ingalls


Taken during the Perseids 2017 meteor shower
Dheera Venkatraman from San Francisco - Borrego Springs, CA

Meteor occasional, photographed during the maximum of the Perseid swarm
Jacek Halicki


2 comments:

  1. Very interesting. Especially liked the "dinosaur photo." :-)

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  2. Haha, it is an actual photo! Someone made dinosaur sculptures. (Follow the Borrego Springs link if you're curious.)

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