Geminids Meteor Shower Timelapse

kdog

I spent the nights of Dec 12 and 13 in Death Valley to watch and photograph the Geminids meteor shower. It was the best meteor shower I've ever experienced. Herein is a timelapse made of 3,000 photos I captured during the two nights using two cameras. The amount of meteors is amazing, to me anyway.

I recommend turning on your sound and viewing it large.

https://youtu.be/IOAIU6Zo0BQ

David_S85

Woot! Congrats on that wonderful production, Joel. Hope you stayed warm enough.

black mamba

Great work, Joel. Thanks for posting this for us.

Cornflake

Terrific. Thanks.

kdog

@David_S85 said:
Woot! Congrats on that wonderful production, Joel. Hope you stayed warm enough.

Thanks, David! It was pretty chilly -- high 20's. I dressed warm and was good except for my feet. I need to bring warmer boots next time. I did spend a lot of the time in my warm van.

@black mamba said:
Great work, Joel. Thanks for posting this for us.

Thank you, Tom. I appreciate that.

@Cornflake said:
Terrific. Thanks.

Thank you, Don!

pathfinder

Way cool video, Joel.
Kathy enjoyed your video too, she really wanted to shoot the Geminids here in Indiana, but it was grey, overcast, and unworthy.

kdog

@pathfinder said:
Way cool video, Joel.
Kathy enjoyed your video too, she really wanted to shoot the Geminids here in Indiana, but it was grey, overcast, and unworthy.

Thanks, Jim. Same here on the west coast. I drove a total of 870 miles for this!

El Gato

Joel...

Fantastic!

Your astro-photography beats the images I have seen taken by the "pros" here that have ALL the astro-photography kit, scopes, imagers, alignment scopes, etc.

Very well done!

Juano

I’m in awe....

pembsphoto

Very Impressive.

kdog

Thanks, @El Gato , @Juano and @pembsphoto !!!

Stumblebum

Wonderful Joel! Music is superb too!

jayegirl

Very nice!