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Peter Forister
Gordonsville, Virginia, USA
08/12/2021
11:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon Rebel t6 with the Rokinon 16mm f/2 lens

Post-processing Details:

Contrast and color adjusted in Adobe Lightroom. Single exposure

Image Details:

Perseid fireball and the Summer Triangle

I captured this single meteor late on the night of August 12th. It passed directly overhead through the Summer Triangle at about 11pm, and left a green trail that was visible for nearly a minute afterwards. Photo captured in a single exposure - 20” iso 3200, f/3.5. In total, I observed about a dozen fireballs in 3 hours, but only captured this one on camera.

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