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Credit & Copyright: Nicholas Roemmelt
(Venture Photography)
Explanation:
Now this was a view with a thrill.
From
Mount Tschirgant
in the
Alps,
you can see not only nearby towns and distant
Tyrolean peaks,
but also, weather permitting, stars, nebulas, and the band of the
Milky Way Galaxy.
What made the
arduous climb worthwhile this night,
though, was another peak -- the peak of the 2018
Perseids
Meteor
Shower.
As hoped, dispersing clouds allowed a picturesque sky-gazing session that included
many faint
meteors,
all while a carefully positioned camera took a series of exposures.
Suddenly, a thrilling meteor --
bright and
colorful -- slashed down right next to the nearly
vertical band of the Milky Way.
As luck would have it, the camera caught it too.
Therefore, a new image in the series was quickly taken with one of the
sky-gazers posing on the nearby peak.
Later, all of the images were digitally
combined.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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