Space weather is acting up again. One of the better light shows, the Perseid Meteor Shower, is will be peaking August 12. There will be activity before and after that peak time as well. So make your plans now if you like to capture cool night skies.
Summer is also a great time for night photography. You can actually sleep out under the stars and 'not' in an ice cave. Start thinking of some cool compositions now. Here is the link: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050805_perseid_guide.html
Should be a coll sight, but it will be hard to photograph. Meteorites usually don't show up (or barely show up) on film unless they're really bright. They just move too fast and are too faint to capture much of anything, even with your aperture all the way open. You might have better luck with Fuji's 400F film or with digital at 1600 ISO (though you'll get lots of noise).
It does look pretty challenging to photograph, but very fun to watch none the less. I bet someone will get lucky and have their camera pointed in the right direction. Here is an interesting discussion I found on the topic at photo.net: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000Ya3
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7 repliesSpace weather is acting up again. One of the better light shows, the Perseid Meteor Shower, is will be peaking August 12. There will be activity before and after that peak time as well. So make your plans now if you like to capture cool night skies.
Summer is also a great time for night photography. You can actually sleep out under the stars and 'not' in an ice cave. Start thinking of some cool compositions now. Here is the link:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050805_perseid_guide.html
It does look pretty challenging to photograph, but very fun to watch none the less. I bet someone will get lucky and have their camera pointed in the right direction. Here is an interesting discussion I found on the topic at photo.net:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000Ya3
From above website:
"In 2005, the Perseids are expected to reach their maximum on Aug. 12."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/sc_nm/astronomers_dc_2
Yes, this is an annual event. Sorry for the outdated link. I have been in the San Juans the last 4 days and haven't checked the posts. Here is the current link for 2007:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070712_perseid_meteors.html
Tonight the Perseid meteor shower peaks. So if you the sky clears in your area take a look outside.
Here are some photos of the meteors over the past couple of nights:
http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_12aug07_page2.htm