One more Geminid
by Mike Hankey, under Comets & Meteors
Sunday night was the peak of the Geminid meteor shower and there was no moon, which had many people saying this would be the best meteor shower of the year. Unfortunately in Maryland there was heavy cloud cover. This didn’t stop me from staying up all night and trying to catch something. I was watching the skies from inside and around 4 AM noticed a few breaks in the coverage. I setup my camera on the tripod and programmed a series of 2 minute exposures and photographed continuously until dawn. I was able to catch one faint meteor through the clouds.
Geminid Meteor Shower - December 14th, 2009
The above picture is a zoom crop. Here is the full image:
Geminid Meteor Shower - December 14th, 2009
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