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Meteor over Hidden Lake, Montana

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John Ashley, who often shots in Glacier National Park in Montana, caught this meteor on July 31, 2016, over the park's Hidden Lake. Thank you, John. Visit John Ashley Fine Art. — John Ashley, who often shots in Glacier National Park in Montana, caught this meteor on July 31, 2016. Thank you, John. Visit John Ashley Fine Art.

John Ashley captured this photo in late July, as the 2016 Perseid meteor shower was just beginning. He wrote:

A shooting star flashes green in the early morning hours across a dust lane in the Milky Way over Bearhat Mountain and Hidden Lake, in Glacier National Park.

The lower, yellow area is light pollution (on a moonless night) from Montana’s Flathead Valley illuminating smoke blown in from a forest fire near Yakima Washington, some 350 miles away.

Thank you, John!

By the way, in 1850, the area now comprising Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. There are 25 active glaciers remaining in the park today. See a list of glaciers in Glacier National Park.

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Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.