Perseids Meteor Shower August 2017

I went to Mt. Pleasant on Sunday August 13, 2017. This was the day after the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower, but it was a clear night and I had been traveling for a week and wanted to sit and watch the stars. So I joined two friends up there, to watch for shooting stars and take some pictures. I saw a few meteors nad the camera found some too.

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Basic shot, low exposure, not a ton of stars. There's a streak at the bottom center. I think this...(more)

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This shot was taken 12 seconds later. And the same streak is there. Since there's no color...(more)

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A more Cosmos-esque view of the stars.

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A longer exposure with more stars present. There's a hint of Milky Way in the center as there...(more)

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A basic star field. Might be good to use as a background elsewhere.

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More "clouds" of stars are visible here.

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And even more galactic clouds or maybe nebulas visible. I'm not sure if the yellow/orange light...(more)

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More of the same.

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I believe a real meteor is visible in this one, towards the upper left, as a long thin line.

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More star dust, though there's more noise in the image.

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A kind of '80s-era Dr. Who opening picture. The motion on the stars is from camera vibration,...(more)

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Around midnight, the moon (half full) began to rise. I liked the sort of impressionist way the...(more)

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A better shot of the moon. There are some nice details visible at the edge of the shadow on the...(more)

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