August 13, 2002
Somewhere above you, light is arriving from places so distant their names feel like poetry.
Contemplating the Sky
Birthday · August 13, 2002
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APOD published August 13, 2002. Credit: Sebastien Giguere (Astrolab du Parc du Mont-Megantic). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Have you contemplated your sky recently? Last night was a good one for midnight meditators at many northerly locations as meteors from the Perseid meteor shower frequently streaked through. The Perseid meteor shower has slowly been building to a crescendo but should continue to be rewarding tonight and into the week. Pictured above on August 1, a group of celestial sightseers near Quebec, Canada are treated to a dark and wondrous night sky that contained bright stars, green auroras, the band of our Milky Way galaxy, a majestic Moon rising, the International Space Station slowly gliding by, and the occasional flash of a Perseid meteor. Although no meteors were caught in this frame, the Big Dipper remained quite prominent.
Image credit: Sebastien Giguere (Astrolab du Parc du Mont-Megantic)