• Original un-cropped capture
  • Meteor
  • Afterglow
  • Afterglow (after the afterglow?!)
  • Click on this to see persistent train captured 6 seconds later

2009 Leonid Meteor (cropped, afterglow closeup)

It is rare to get so much detail of a meteor itself in a meteor photo. See a particle streak ahead of the awesome double afterglow. This is a cropped version of this capture.

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  1. Navicore (43 months ago | reply)

    Above is a cropped version of imgp6403_yahtzee 2009 leonid

  2. popeyes pix (43 months ago | reply)

    wow great capture

  3. Mute* (43 months ago | reply)

    Fascinating!

  4. a slice of lime [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)

    well done!

  5. ~Momma B~ (43 months ago | reply)

    Oh wow...this is amazing!

  6. Navicore (42 months ago | reply)

    Then 6 seconds later there was this:

  7. Lilia Sarah Maria Patterson (41 months ago | reply)

    incredible
    happy new 2010

  8. jlml99 and J3ni added this photo to their favorites.

  9. Tanya Harrison (41 months ago | reply)

    Great capture!

  10. Meteorites USA and Nessie34 added this photo to their favorites.

  11. amanda_may (38 months ago | reply)

    Wow this is fantastic! Great job!

  12. karmabum and gab3334 added this photo to their favorites.

  13. B Unis (30 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic capture!

  14. Julius P and TamarynT added this photo to their favorites.

  15. museumdetoulouse (16 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for sharing. Your picture illustre this french article what presents a next exhibition.
    Maud, web Museum of Toulouse

  16. This photo was invited and added to the Leonid Meteors group.

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