A lone Perseid meteor above 70 Mile Butte, a landmark in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, with the setting waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination. Thsi was August 11, 2016. This is looking south. Some green bands of airglow tint the sky. These became much more obvious after moonset. This is a single exposure, taken as part of a time-lapse sequence. It is a 30-second exposure at f/2 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
Star trails, satellite trails, and aurora and a lone Perseid meteor (at lower right) over Grasslands National Park, on Aug 11, 2016, on the peak night of the Perseids. The main satellite trail traveling at top here flares in mid trail. It may or may not be an Iridium satellite. The location is the trailhead for the 70 Mile Butte trail in Grasslands, looking east. This is a stack of 8 images taken in quick succession taken as part of a larger sequence to capture Perseids. Each exposure was 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800. Moonlight provides the illumination.
A lone Perseid meteor streaking down below the radiant point in Perseus, with the sky and landscape lit by the waxing gibbous Moon, August 11, 2016. Perseus is rising in the northeast, Andromeda is at right, with the Andromeda Galaxy right of centre. Cassiopeia is at top. Taken from the 70 Mile Butte trailhead in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.
