Geminid Meteors
Taken by Jimmy Westlake on December 14, 2015 @
Limon, Colorado, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure Time: 296/5
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 2500
Date Taken: 2015:12:14 00:34:06
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I had to make a last minute road trip to get out from under the snow and clouds in Steamboat to see the peak of the Geminid meteor shower last night. I wound up about 10 miles north of Limon, Colorado, standing among the hundreds of giant wind turbines at the Cedar Point Wind Farm. That experience alone was awe-inspiring, but throw in one of the best meteor showers I’ve ever witnessed, and it was a night to remember. Around midnight, I was counting four and five meteors per minute.
In the attached image, two bright Geminids left their streaks, one near Orion (center right) and one at lower left under the head of Leo, the Lion. Follow their tracks backwards and it leads you to the radiant near the Twin stars, Castor and Pollux. The red lights on the turbines were not constant but blinked off and on in unison every couple of seconds during the one-minute time exposure. This image was recorded at 12:34am MST on Monday morning December 14, 2015. I used a Nikon D700 camera with a 16mm Nikkor lens at f4 and ISO 2500.
Photographer's website:
http://www.jwestlake.com
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