August 3, 2015 in Trona, California. The Trona Pinnacles are Tufa towers that have grown from the bottom up over millions of years. They are the product of evaporation of an underground lake. They are a great foreground during the Perseid Meteor Showers. This shot has 7 shooting stars in it. To qualify for this weekly challenge, the night sky natural lighting is obvious, and the man made lighting was from the light painting of the towers and the distant lights in the right hand corner from Ridgecrest, California 27 miles away. Trona is just off highway 395 between Mammoth Lakes and Highway 15 near Victorville, California.
Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-24 lens 15mm 20 seconds at f/2.8 ISO3200 RAW Processed in Lightroom and PhotoshopCC2014.
Your comments are appreciated. 
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6 commentsPatrick. This is spectacular! Love everything about it including that it has yet to occur. Are you sure this wasn't taken near Area 51? (I'm sure you meant August 3, 2014 or maybe you really did do some time travel.) In any event, wonderful.
Jim,
Good catch on the date. I took the photo in 2013. But the time travel thing sounds interesting. Take me with you!
Patrick
Very interesting comp that includes the Trona Pinnacles, meteors, and the light from Ridgecrest bottom right adds well IMO.
Difficult high ISO shooting, great results Patrick!
Terrific image, Patrick - a bit of noise on the sky, but at ISO 3200 that is understandable and well compensated by the great star field.
That's an awesome sky, Patrick, with a great star field and the multiple meteors. The light painting on the towers looks just right. The lights from town add some extra interest. My very minor nit is the blown section of the Milky Way near the right edge and I'm wondering if that can't be fixed in post processing.
Hi Patrick
Mark & Howards comments said it all..... i might add " this is spectacular" from Jim's comment
Albert Darmo
Canada