Geminids at Gates Pass. Composite image from 30 frames of video. Credit: Sean Parker
The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower has lived up to expectations, and here are some images and videos provided by people around the world.
“What an incredible show we had here!” said Sean Parker in Tucson, Arizona, USA. “I was able to see about 50 per hour.”
The images were shot at Gates Pass in Tucson, Arizona on the morning of 12-13-12. You can see M31 (Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years away) at the left next to the Milky way.
More below, and you can click on most of these images to see larger versions in Flickr or Twitter.
Geminid Fireball. A large Geminid burns up in the atmosphere above the iconic Flatirons of Boulder, CO. Credit: Patrick Cullis
And another by Patrick:
Geminid Meteor Shower above the Flatirons, Boulder, CO. Credit: Patrick Cullis
Raining Down on Roseberry Topping (Geminid Meteor Shower 2012).Credit: Peter Greig.
Peter says: “This is the only meteor I caught whilst on a Geminid meteor hunting trip …at Captain Cooks Monument, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, UK.”
Geminid Meteor Over Death Valley. Credit: Gavin Heffernan/SunChaser Pictures
Meteors in Malta. Credit: Leonard Ellul-Mercer
Leonard shares: “Last night the sky was totally overcast in Malta and this was very depressing as I was looking forward to this meteor shower. At around midnight I decided to retire, However, before doing so I went on the roof and noted some very small breaks in the cloud, but in a matter of 10 minutes I noted 6 bright meteors in these small gaps. So I presumed that there was a good meteor shower going on beyond those clouds. After about 30 mins. the cloud break increased and the show started off. It was a great meteor shower with bright meteors appearing every one or two minutes.”
Here’s a compilation of various views from a news station in Modesto, California. Some shots are obviously from a fish-eye camera:
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