The Earth has left the Perseid meteor stream behind, but last week's display was caught by many a photographer. This video, however, is the best I've seen. I've embedded it below, but you really want to go to the Flickr page to see it embiggenated. Click the HD button on the video to see it in even more spectacular high-def! Wow. You can see airplanes whizzing around, but the meteors tend to all come from one spot in the sky (in the lower center of the video). That's because the Earth is plowing through them in space, so they all come from one direction, like driving through a tunnel makes all the lights appear to come from directly ahead of you. You can see the Milky Way cutting vertically across the images, and to the right you can also spot the little fuzzy that's the Andromeda Galaxy. The sun Moon ...
Perseids, writ large
Check out the stunning Perseid meteor stream in this video that captures a breathtaking display of meteors and celestial beauty.
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