Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Recorded on August 12 during the Perseid Meteor Shower , the wide-angle view takes in a large swath along the photographer's eastern horizon. The picture is a composite of many consecutive 2 second exposures that, when added together, cover a total time of an hour and 33 minutes. ... Of course, two of the frames captured the brief, brilliant flash of a Perseid fireball as it tracked across the top of the field of view. ... Publications with keywords: meteor . ...