Summary: Sky watchers who saw it will never forget it: the 2001 Leonid meteor storm. The display began on Sunday morning, Nov. 18th, when Earth glided into a dust cloud shed by comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1766. Thousands of meteors per hour rained over North America and Hawaii. Then, on Monday morning Nov. 19th (local time in Asia), it happened again: Earth entered a second cometary debris cloud from Tempel-Tuttle. Thousands more Leonids then fell over east Asian countries and Australia.

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	Photographer, Location	Images	Comments
	Darren Talbot, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nov. 18	#1, #2	D. Talbot: "This fireball headed into the western sky and flared up to an estimated -13 at its peak. It lit up the ground like a lightning bolt casting shadows everywhere. The smoke trail remained in the atmosphere for 20 minutes afterward."
	John E Cordiale, Glens Falls, New York, USA Nov. 18	Quicktime movie: #1 still image: #2	J. Cordiale: "The Leonids were truely spectacular. My whole family was out watching. I took both photographs and recorded video with our new ASTROVID StellaCam."
	Brent Price, Antioch IL, USA Nov. 18	#1	A Leonid by the dawn's early light! Photo details: Nikon N-90, Fuji 400 speed film, 50 sec exposure, 24mm lens.
	Brad Hoehne, near Mansfield, Ohio, USA Nov. 18	#1, #2, #3, #4	B. Hoehne (President-elect, Columbus Astronomical Society): "A group of 20 or so folks [on the grounds of the Warren Rupp Observatory] witnessed meteors too numerous to count."
	Kris Asla, Aloha, Oregon, USA Nov. 17	#1	A pair of Leonids -- one a fireball and the other an ordinary meteor -- streak past Orion in this dazzling image.
	Yukihiro Kida, Hamada, Shimane, Japan Nov. 19	#1	Y. Kida: "I captured this image from my backyard. I used a Pentax 28mm f2.8 lens, with a 2min. exposure guided on Fuji Superia 800 film. The full-sized version shows Jupiter and the Beehive Cluster."
	Pete Yancey, Deep River, NC, USA Nov. 18	#1	Photo Details: Camera: Casio QV-3000 digital 3.3MP; Exposure: F2 for 60sec ASA approx. 400
	Corey A. Sloan, Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA Nov. 18	#1	C. Sloan: "The arrow-shaped object in the full-sized photo is the T.V. antenna atop my home. The antenna appears to point directly at a bright Leonid [and at the smoke trail it left behind]."
	Jimmy Westlake, Arches National Park, Utah, USA Nov. 18	#1, #2	J. Westlake: "At the storm's peak, they were falling as fast as I could count them for nearly an hour. About a dozen during the night were what I call 'shadow-casters' as they blazed across the sky bathing the landscape in an eerie light."
	Brian Oliver, near from Chinook Pass, Mt Rainier National Park, USA Nov. 18	#1	Photo Details: Nikon F-4 ,Nikkor 35-70 at F2.8, Fugi 800 film, 30 second to 1 minute exposures.
	Chris Grohusko, Cornudas Mountains, New Mexico, USA Nov. 18	#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6	C. Grohusko: "HOLY SMOKE! This Leonid storm made me feel as if the sky had turned into a conveyor belt, packaging meteors and dropping them frantically."
	Bill Smith, Cherry Springs State Park , PA, USA Nov. 18	#1	B. Smith: "This image has Leo in the center; the streaked clump is Coma Berenices. There are 4 good meteors and a couple more faint ones. Note also the great wedge of zodiacal light!"
	John and Nena Gilbert, Olinda, near Melbourne, Australia Nov. 19	#1, #2, more	These images show Leonids streaking between clouds over Australia. Photo details: ES Pentax - lens 1:2/55mm - apeture 2.8 - manual exposure of 30 secs.
	Brian A. Klimowski, near Murdo, South Dakota, USA Nov. 18	#1, #2, #3	B. Klimowski: "Had to drive a couple hours to avoid the clouds - well worth the the trip however as the meteor shower was spectacular in south-central South Dakota." Photo details: Canon AE-1, 24mm lens, Fuji 800 print film, 30-100 second exposures, frozen hands.
	Martin George, near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Nov. 19	#1	Photo details: Fuji 800 film, 50mm f/1.7 lens
	Jim Brownfield, Huntsburg, Ohio, USA Nov. 18	#1, #2, #3	J. Brownfield: "The vapor trail images were taken with a 50mm lens set at f/1.4 for a 1 minute exposure. The image with the burst was taken with the 50mm lens set at f/2.8 for a 10 minute exposure."
	Mike Boschat, St. Croix Observatory, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nov. 18	#1, #2, #3, #4, #5	M. Boschat: "I used various exposures on Kodak Gold 400 ASA and my old Soviet Zenit-B camera with a 50mm f/1.7 lens."
[movie]	Christie and Carrie Ponder, near Franklinton, Louisiana, USA Nov. 18	MPG movie: #1 still images: #2, #3	Christie and Carrie Ponder captured this Leonid fireball using a Sony 8mm video camera. C. Ponder: "Some friends and I left Houston, Texas, to find clear skies. We ended up in Louisiana! This was my first meteor shower and it was awesome!"
	Anura Soori, Melbourne, Australia Nov. 19	#1	A. Soori: "I live in an area close to the city. Even with extensive light polution I managed to capture a few Leonids on film. I shot these pictures with a Minolta 5xi, 28-80 lens, with 30 sec exposures. I had to stay inside my garage to avoid the glare from the street light in front of my house."