Summary: The annual Geminid
meteor shower peaked in 2001 on Dec. 13th and 14th. Some sky
watchers with dark clear skies reported seeing as many as 90
meteors per hour. [more]
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Photographer, Location |
Images |
Comments |
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Thad V'Soske,
near San Diego, CA, USA
Dec. 13 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
T. V'Soske: "I used Kodak P1600 slide film
and exposed from 5 to 10 minutes for these images. I was fortunate
to enjoy this excellent show at a dark site just west of Anza-Borrego
Dessert State Park in southern California. " |
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Doug Schmutz,
Santa Clara, Utah, USA
Dec. 13 |
#1,
more |
D. Schmutz: "This is the only picture of
a Geminid I could catch this year!" |
[movie] |
Wojtek
Welnowski, Wuppertal, Germany
Dec. 14 |
This *.avi movie requires the DivX-codec:
#1 (120 kb) |
W. Welnowski created this movie of a Geminid
over Germany using a PC Vision 300 Camera and Virtualdub 1.4.7. |
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Ronald
L Wayman, Tampa, Florida , USA
Dec. 13 |
#1 |
The night sky over Florida was cloudy when the
Geminids arrived. R. Wayman captured this meteor through a break
in the clouds. |
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