Taurid Meteor Over Topaz Lake

The North and South Taurid meteor showers aren't the most prolific meteor showers of the year, but the meteors which do show up can include bright fireballs.  Five days ago I passed on the tip that the Taurid shower was expected to be more active than usual this year, and I put a camera out one night to see for myself.  Although I missed the forecasted peak night for the shower, I did catch this one very long, bright meteor within view of my 14mm lens.  It's passing through Orion in this photo, and Taurus is just above.  I caught another bright meteor in the lower left corner of the frame a short while later, and that appears to be an early meteor from the overlapping Leonid shower underway, peaking Sunday night/Monday morning.

Taurid Meteor Shower

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