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Keywords: Big Dipper, meteor, Geminids
![Метеор 1860 года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/07/22/0001246196/FCMeteor1860_Hernstadt96dpi.preview.jpg)
22.07.2010
Frederic Church (1826-1900), American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, painted what he saw in nature. And on July 20th, 1860, he saw a spectacular string of fireball meteors cross the Catskill evening sky, an extremely rare Earth-grazing meteor procession.
![Ночь Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/08/16/0001246550/perseids2010_verstraaten600h.preview.jpg)
14.08.2010
On the night of August 12, from moonset until dawn was a good time to see meteors. Enthusiasts watched as comet dust rained on planet Earth, streaking through dark skies during the annual Perseid Meteor Shower.
![Буря и Персеиды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/08/24/0001246692/PerseidStorm_arn900.preview.jpg)
21.08.2010
Storms on the distant horizon and comet dust raining through the heavens above are combined in this alluring nightscape. The scene was recorded in the early hours of August 13 from the Keota Star Party site on the Pawnee National Grasslands of northeastern Colorado, USA.
![Кривой след от метеора над Тенерифе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/06/03/0001245351/meteorwiggle_rendtel.preview.jpg)
2.06.2010
Did this meteor take a twisting path? No one is sure. Considered opinions are solicited. Meteors, usually sand sized grains that originate in comets, will typically disintegrate as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. A fast moving meteor ionizes molecules in the Earth's atmosphere that subsequently glow when they reacquire electrons.
![Длинный метеор из потока Леонид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162319/leonid00_yen_crop.preview.jpg)
24.11.2000
Just last week this long lovely Leonid shower meteor arced through the night. Captured on November 17/18 by photographer Bob Yen, the meteor trail spans about 70 times the apparent diameter of the full moon in the skies above Mt. Wilson, California, USA. The Leonid's path flashes from
![Метеор между облаками](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/11/20/0001237030/LeoSMCLMC6043_wulfen_c800.preview.jpg)
20.11.2009
This bright meteor streaked through dark night skies over Sutherland, South Africa on November 15. Potentially part of the annual Leonid meteor shower, its sudden, brilliant appearance, likened to a camera's flash, was captured by chance as it passed between two clouds.
![Искривленный след метеора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/02/02/0001202677/CorkscrewMeteor_westlake.preview.jpg)
2.02.2005
Did this meteor leave a twisting path? Evidently. Meteor trains that twist noticeably are rare - and even more rarely photographed - but have been noted before. The underlying reason for unusual meteors trains is that many meteors are markedly non-spherical in shape and non-uniform in composition.
![Островная Вселенная и космическая песчинка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/26/0001179305/perseidM31_rscott.preview.jpg)
23.08.2002
On August 13, while counting Perseid meteors under dark, early morning Arizona skies, Rick Scott set out to photograph their fleeting but fiery trails. The equipment he used included a telephoto lens and fast color film. After 21 pictures he'd caught only two meteors, but luckily this was one of them.
![Островная Вселенная и космическая песчинка](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/04/0001192049/perseidM31_rscott.preview.jpg)
2.08.2003
On August 13, 2002, while counting Perseid meteors under dark, early morning Arizona skies, Rick Scott set out to photograph their fleeting but fiery trails. The equipment he used included a telephoto lens and fast color film. After 21 pictures he'd caught only two meteors, but luckily this was one of them.
![Большой Ковш](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/01/09/0001220164/dippers_lodriguss_clean.preview.jpg)
8.01.2007
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern sky: the Big Dipper. This grouping of stars is one of the few things that has likely been seen, and will be seen, by every generation.
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