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Credit & Copyright: Jack Fusco
Explanation:
Four Geminids flash through northern skies in this wintry night skyscape.
The bright fireball and 3 fainter meteors were captured
in a single 10 second exposure, near the peak of December's
Geminid meteor shower.
Reflecting the fireball's greenish light,
a partially frozen Lake Edith in Alberta Canada's Jasper National Park
lies in the foreground, with the Canadian Rocky Mountains ranging
along the northern horizon.
Of course, the glacial lake is cold even in summer.
But photographer Jack Fusco reports that
he experienced -9 degree C temperatures that night
while enjoying
one of the most active meteor showers he's ever seen.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Geminids - meteor shower
Publications with words: Geminids - meteor shower
See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 18 Á Perseids from Perseus
- Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini
- APOD: 2025 December 15 Á Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains
- APOD: 2024 December 15 Á Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest
- Phaethon s Brood
- APOD: 2024 December 10 Á The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
- Quadrantids of the North