(meteorobs) Perseids From Yosemite

[Jay Salsburg]

WOW, great images Mike. Wish I was there. Been there done that, only it was
1972, all over Yosemite, many days and nights, before you needed a camping
pass and there were bears everywhere. It is so dark on the mountain tops,
you can see individual photons in the dark sky. The Eastern Ridge of the
Park above Tioga Pass seen in my web page is much drier, much darker, much
easier to hike, and much more obscure than Glacier Point. There, the Eastern
horizon is below the horizontal, you can look down at the horizon with only
bare desert below, from 11,000 feet.

http://www.salsburg.com/California/yosemite/yosemite.html

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From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hankey
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 2:50 PM
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids From Yosemite

Hello Observers,

I hope everyone enjoyed the Perseid Meteor Shower as much as I did!

I didn't want to have any issues with clouds, so a few days before the peak
I scanned the national weather reports and decided Yosemite would be an
ideal observing location.

The night of the peak I counted about 250 meteors and caught almost
100 on film. I was running 2 DSLRs from the top of Sentinel Dome and had
majestic 360 degrees views from 8,000 feet up.

Here are some pictures of the best meteor shots.

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/perseid-meteor-shower-yosemite-nation
al-park-2012/

I'm especially happy with the Pleiades composite. I was able to capture the
19 meteors used in the composite in about 45 minutes. I used an astrotrac
portable tracking mount and it worked especially well with composites. I
just wish I held the shot a little longer.

Thanks,

Mike Hankey
Freeland, MD

https://www.facebook.com/michaelhankey
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