Alpha Capricornids Fireball
Taken by Brad Goldpaint on July 22, 2018 @
Independence, CA
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Recently, I spent 6 days backpacking up and over massive peaks within California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. My trip was planned around the Waxing Gibbous phase of the moon to take advantage of moonlit, mountainous and alpine landscapes at high altitudes. From ~12,000-foot elevations, the stars glistened vividly, colorful, and radiant. Challenging daily thunderstorms seemed to follow me around every corner however, I was rewarded each cool night with a few moments of clear skies.
During the third night of the trip, I prepared a time-lapse to capture the moonset, followed by the Milky Way positioning itself behind a 12,700-foot mountain peak in the distance. In a rare stroke of luck, my camera captured an unmistakably massive meteor ‘Fireball’ entering our atmosphere. I think the most impressive part of the image above is just how brilliant the meteor was. The explosion was so bright it briefly illuminated the entire landscape.
You can see the persistent train in the time-lapse by going to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE8SQm7Ke6g.
Photographer's website:
http://https://goldpaintphotography.com/
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