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The Perseids: August 2010
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Summary: On Thursday, August 12th, an alignment of planets in the sunset sky kicked off the finest meteor shower of 2010, the Perseids. [full story] [meteor counts] [live meteor radar]

 
  Photographer, Location Images Comments

David A Harvey,
Mount Lemmon, Arizona, USA
Aug. 12, 2010
#1,

The Perseid meteor shower from Steward Observatory on Mount Lemmon, Arizona near Tucson. Image details: Canon EOS 5D MII | 16-35mm F/2.8L @ 16mm and F/2.8 | 30 second sub exposures (12 images total) | ISO 6400


Edgar Chen,
Joseph D Grant County Park, San Jose, CA
Aug. 12, 2010
#1

Canon 5D, 20s F4 @ISO 1600

Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani,
Alborz Mountains, Firooz Kouh, Iran
Aug. 13, 2010
#1, more

The 2010 Perseid meteor shower was great. I used Canon 50D at ISO3200, 50mm lens at f1.4.


Marco Verstraaten,
Twisk, The Netherlands
Aug. 13, 2010
#1

A composite of 6 hours of capturing! Under very lightpolluted sky in The Netherlands. Nikon D3 14-24 f2.8 & Nikon D700 17-35 2.8 25 seconds exposure per frame, ISO 4000


Antonio Finazzi,
La Thuile Aosta Italy
Aug. 12, 2010
#1, #2, #3

Perseid Meteor Photo Details: Images 1 Nikon D700 + 12mm focal, 3200 ISO, 60s f/4. Images 2 Nikon D3X + 28mm focal, 1600 ISO, 60s f/2,8. Images 3 Canon 20DA + 20mm focal, 1600 ISO, 120s f/3,5.

more images: from Monika Landy-Gyebnar of Veszprem, Hungary; from Darren Trizzino of Fort Davis, Texas; from Joshua Bowren of Holly, Michigan