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The meteor was decorated with Japanese landscape

Added	Mon, 18/12/2017
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Mon, 18/12/2017
Версии	Meteor

The peak meteor shower of the Geminids peaked on December 14: on this night, it was possible to record up to 140 meteors per hour. It was also a lot of objects of equal brightness in the night sky is Venus. One of these "fireball" filmed in Japan.

Astrophotographer under the name Kaguya used my camera in Ibaraki Prefecture, near popular attractions Oarai Isosaki Jinja, and caught a bright meteor on the background of the ancient ritual the gates.

"I was waiting at the gate Torii four hours to catch a meteor in the right place, and it was worth it," says the author, noting that light from a celestial body is beautifully reflected in the water.

A few other wonderful images of perhaps the most brilliant meteor shower of the year can be seen at this link.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»