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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Леониды с дороги http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1173129/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Tom Bailey
Explanation:
Sometimes you just have to stop and watch the
meteors.
In the early morning hours of November 18,
a band of eleven people searched for a flat
and cloudless site to see the
2001 Leonids Meteor Shower.
Starting in central
Iowa, weather
satellite images indicated that southern
Minnesota might
be their best chance, and so off they drove.
Although they couldn't shake off all of the clouds,
they found a dark gravel road, pulled off,
and settled in for the
rare celestial light show.
"By about 4 am, we were visually counting 1000 per hour.
After that they started to increase dramatically."
The photographer was just a little too late to catch a
really bright fireball,
but did catch several other bright
Leonid meteors above one of the cars in the convoy.
The exposure lasted a few minutes.
News: APOD is now also available in
Spanish.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.