Posted on 08/25/2015 8:49:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Despite appearances, the sky is not falling. Two weeks ago, however, tiny bits of comet dust were. Featured here is the Perseids meteor shower as captured over Mt. Rainier, Washington, USA. The image was created from a two-hour time lapse video, snaring over 20 meteors, including one that brightened dramatically on the image left. Although each meteor train typically lasts less than a second, the camera was able to capture their color progressions as they disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere. Here an initial green tint may be indicative of small amounts of glowing magnesium atoms that were knocked off the meteor by atoms in the Earth's atmosphere. To cap things off, the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy was simultaneously photographed rising straight up behind the snow-covered peak of Mt. Rainier. Another good meteor shower is expected in mid-November when debris from a different comet intersects Earth as the Leonids.
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[Credit and Copyright: Matthew Dieterich]
Our family drove past Mt. Rainier when I was a teen. I recall being literally unable to take my eyes off it—so beautiful is that mountain.
Just don't be too close when she goes "BOOM!"
Absolutely beautiful. I personally don’t know how someone could look at that photo and not see the hand of a loving Creator. Of course for those that don’t believe, I guess they can just say “Thank the Multiverse”. :)
I see dust and gas...Thank you gravity!
Just an FYI, I like gravity too! Cheers.
Normally I say that I don’t think APoD should do terrestrial shots. Notice that I didn’t say it this time. ;’) The large green streak really caught my eye; a good many recent comets have had green tails, and these annual meteor showers are from the passage of various comets long ago.
Can't say I like gravity, I have had too many falls and scrapes that would not have happened if not for gravity. However gravity is not a discretionary law, it is THE LAW!
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