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November 15th through the
18th 1998 I watched the Leonid Meteor shower at Big Bend Ranch State Park. It
was incredible! Truly unreal. Watching bright fireballs
screaming across the extraordinarily clear skies of Big Bend, one after
another all night long was an experience I will never forget.
Just after sunset on the
15th through the morning of the 16th, I counted an average of 200 meteors per
hour. Unfortunately, it was my first time to try night photography, I didn't
bring enough batteries ( 6 volt camera batteries only last about three hours
of continuous use) so I was only able to photograph a few hours during the
night.
Between 12:00pm and 6:00am on the
morning of the16th, there where many very bright fireballs, one that left a
train that lasted more than 30 minutes and others also left trains. The Leonids of 98' were like nothing I could have ever imagined, it was one of
the most incredible experiences of my life.
You can see a few faint meteors in the
picture above.
George Hosek |
