Welcome to my blog. I am a landscape and nature photographer who conducts photography workshops in some of America’s most exotic landscapes. I'm currently researching and writing a travel guide to the best landscape photography locations in California. It's expected to be available in 2013. You may find more of my photography portfolio online at www.JeffSullivan.BIZ
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!
The good news is that the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the nights of December 13 and 14, so tonight one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The bad news is that the moon rising around 8 pm tonight and 9 pm tomorrow night will interfere with the visibility of the meteors. How much will it interfere? Actually I have a video of Geminid meteor shower from past year with and without the moon in the sky which can show you the difference.
Make sure you're watching this in HD, and it's best watched full scree as well:
You'd definitely see more meteors without the moon, so try watching before the moon rises, but if you're up in the key viewing hours between 11am and dawn, look up in the eastward sky and you might get lucky and see a decent fireball!
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2011,
astronomy,
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December,
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