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Perseids

They're still relatively sparse, but shooting conditions will be good all week, and the numbers will increase.

Originally shared by +Jeff Sullivan Photography

Meteor Shower Report, morning of Aug 2
I left a camera out shooting 11 pm – 2 am the night of Aug 1/2 and didn't pick up any Perseid meteors, but the hourly rate should improve each night through Aug 12 or so, and the shooting conditions will be great for the next few night s as well.
On that same night (technically yesterday morning) I did pick up a few small meteors on a second camera directed southeast towards several smaller meteor showers for 5 hours, but they didn't seem frequent or dramatic enough to be worth prioritizing your compositions in that direction.
http://earthsky.org/space/perseid-fireballs?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=ef87f6ad65-EarthSky_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-ef87f6ad65-393701793

Perseid fireballs are already arriving! | EarthSky.org
NASA says the annual Perseid meteor shower produces more fireballs than any other. Although the shower’s peak is still some days away, the fireballs are here!

Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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