Perseid Meteors over Inyo National Forest in California

Perseid Meteors over Inyo National Forest in California

Astrophotographer Preston Dyches: "Four meteors was the best I could do with the cloudy skies I encountered for the Perseids this year. By the time I woke up at 4 a.m. to grab the camera, it was overcast and starting to drizzle. And so it is."

"This was a location in Inyo National Forest called Westgard Pass, not far from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. There's some pinkish glow from the aurora at left, and a little greenish skyglow on the right, which is kind of neat. Andromeda Galaxy appears at the top just left of center."

"This is a blend of stacked, low-level-lit foreground exposures and a single sky background exposure. The three fainter meteors are composited, after being rotated into the correct position with respect to the Perseids radiant."

Learn more about the Perseid meteor shower here:

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/perseids/

Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney—the highest point in the contiguous United States;

Inyo National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/inyo/

Image Credit: Preston Dyches

Location: Inyo National Forest - near Zurich, California, United States

Image Date: Aug. 12, 2024

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