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Keywords: Big Dipper, meteor, Geminids
![Звездная ночь над горой Рашмор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/07/04/0001235406/Rushmore-Pan-c03-850wp.preview.jpg)
4.07.2009
This starry night sky sparkles above the Black Hills of South Dakota and the United States' Mount Rushmore National Park. The historic site features enormous sculptures of four US presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, carved into the southeast face of granite cliffs.
![Метеор потока Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192311/perseid3_sk_big.preview.jpg)
11.08.1997
Tonight the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. Grains of rocky ice will streak across the sky as they evaporate during entry into Earth's atmosphere. These ice chips were shed from Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids result from the annual crossing of the Earth through Comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit.
![Один из метеоров потока Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/03/15/0001166699/perseid3_sk_big.preview.jpg)
12.08.2000
This weekend, the annual Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. Grains of cosmic sand and gravel shed from Comet Swift-Tuttle will streak across the sky as they vaporize during entry into Earth's atmosphere. The Perseids result from the yearly
![Дневной болид в 1944 году](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/08/26/0001170526/meteor44_appleton.preview.jpg)
28.07.2001
While stationed in central Africa in December 1944, Norman Appleton witnessed a meteor so bright he remembered it his entire life. Right before his eyes a tremendous smoking fireball streaked across the daytime sky. Years later, as an accomplished member of the Guild
![Метеор Персеид над Ванкувером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/08/18/0001229182/P305-9591_P306-1976_FF800r.preview.jpg)
16.08.2008
Colorful and bright, the city lights of Vancouver, Canada are reflected in the water in this portrait of the world at night. Recorded on August 12 during the Perseid Meteor Shower, the wide-angle view takes in a large swath along the photographer's eastern horizon.
!["Это не метеор"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/22/0001215318/notmeteor_laveder_f72.preview.jpg)
19.08.2006
To paraphrase Magritte, "This is not a meteor". It's not a picture of a meteor either, but it was taken during last weekend's peak of the Perseid Meteor shower. Skywatching with friends...
![Комета, метеор, туманность, звезда](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/12/22/0001201560/machholzsky_pacholka.preview.jpg)
22.12.2004
Several wonders of the late-year northern sky appeared together for a few fleeting moments on December 13. On the bottom left, just above the hill, is blue Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.
![Леониды 2001 года: метеоры в перспективе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/11/10/0001180783/leoantiradiant_marlot.preview.jpg)
7.11.2002
The 2001 Leonid storm was so intense that the meteor shower's radiant, the point on the sky from which the fleeting trails seemed to diverge, was easy to spot. But the bits of debris that created the meteors really moved along parallel paths, following the orbit of their parent comet Tempel-Tuttle.
![Метеорный дождь Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/20/0001199354/perseidMeteors_bruenjes_c1.preview.jpg)
20.08.2004
Comet dust rained down on planet Earth last week, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower. So, while enjoying the anticipated space weather, astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of August 11/12 using a wide angle lens.
![Радужный Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/16/0001178866/perseid_obudzinski1.preview.jpg)
16.08.2002
While meteors do show colors, the colors aren't always seen with the unaided eye. Still, high speed color film recorded this rainbow-like trail as a meteor streaked through the early morning sky on August 13 above Sedona, Arizona, USA.
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