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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


Runar Sandnes,
Reed, Norway
Aug. 12, 2010
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Nice show from Norway, despite the sky was still not completely dark (not yet astronomical darkness at 62 deg North!). Meteors came sometimes in showers of 2-3 meteors. Equipment: Gstar-EX and UFOcapture. All-sky-lens. Canon 7D and 24mm f/1.4L


Marko Kämäräinen,
Hollola near Lahti, Finland
Aug. 13, 2010
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A Perseid meteor and satellite.

Photo details: Canon EOS 40D, ISO 1600, exp 30s.


Darrell Oake,
Dartmouth NS, Canada
Aug. 13, 2010
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It was a nice clear night , the sky was filled with stars, then bam!, a fireball streaked across the heavens, then another. Jacoté, my son , and now a star gazer was cold , but when the first meteor lit up the sky he was hooked, and stay up all night taking in all nature could dish out. At one point he even became an alien glowing red on a local walking trai.


Hassan Alsabbar,
Iraq Diwaniya Alsabbar Observatory
Aug. 13, 2010
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Perseid Meteor Photo Details: Image Sony alpha 200 camera lens 18-70mm set on 18mm 800iso F3.5 30s exposure


Jens Hackmann,
Bad Mergentheim, southern Germany
Aug. 12, 2010
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Bad weather at the perseid maximum 201, but I got a few ones. I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with an EF 15 mm Fisheye lens. I've taken countless one minute shots at 2000 iso speed 10th/11th and 12th/13th August.

more images: from Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani of Alborz Mountains, Firooz Kouh, Iran; from Werner Hasubick of Buchloe, Germany; from Domenico Licchelli of Gagliano del Capo (Italy)