Meteor

[cosmonaut]

Meteor by Cosmonaut's, on Flickr

 

[sleist]

Love it.

 

[mikefisher1304]

That's sweet !

 

[Trever1t]

Expertly executed! Love the tripod setup.

 

[RxForB3]

I love the shot, but I'm confused by the "bulb" at the front of the meteor. Is that just a lucky spot for a star to be? Did you enhance it maybe? Or is that really how it appears? I haven't caught many shooting stars yet, but none of the ones I did catch had any sort of "head" on them.

 

[Compaq]

Lovely!

I too noticed that bright spot in front of the meteor. I guess it's a star, one of the stars in the big dipper's handle (unless I'm very much mistaken). It's hard to see the constellations with so many stars visible

 

[cosmonaut]

Yes it's a start. Thanks all.

 

[RxForB3]

Wow...now that's some amazing luck, then! Very nice!

 

[480sparky47 47]

Not all meteors simply burn up. Some explode. Barringer Crater in Arizona and Tunguska in the Soviet Union are two well-known examples. They're going from the deep freeze of space to thousands of degrees in a matter of seconds. The thermal shock causes them to fracture and die it a bright flash of light.

That, or it's either a fortunately-placed star....... or 'Shopped.