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PERSEID METEOR SHOWER RAINS 'SHOOTING STARS' OVER STONEHENGE IN GLORIOUS
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A UK-based astrophotographer captured this stunning composite image of the
Perseid meteor shower raining "shooting stars" over Stonehenge.





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Others, like U.K.-based astrophotographer Josh Dury, hunted for meteors at
thematically appropriate locales — namely, the prehistoric astronomical monument
Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.



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To capture his stunning composite image of Perseid meteors streaking over the
famous stones, Dury snapped photos from the monument grounds for three and a
half hours. He then combined 43 individual exposures of shooting stars with a
deep image of the background sky, where the central band of the Milky Way
slashes toward the horizon.

"The Perseids have been a part of my life since I was a youngster at the age of
seven-years old when I first began my journey in the world of Astonomy," Dury
told Live Science in an email. "For me, they are one of the most magical,
anticipating events of the astronomical calendar. Seeing meteors [conjures]
images of dreams and it is that mysticism I wished to portray through this
image."




Dury's full-size image is a composite of 43 different exposures of Perseid
meteors and the Milky Way (Image credit: Josh Dury)

Dury's image was taken on the night of Aug. 9, and was featured as NASA's
astronomy picture of the day on Aug. 12. If you're interested in capturing the
beauty of the night sky, check out our guide to the best astrophotography
cameras for beginners and seasoned photographers alike.

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So-called shooting stars are not really stars but tiny bits of rock plunging
through Earth's atmosphere at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h). This
blazing-fast descent causes the rocks to heat up and release energy as light.
Annual meteor showers like the Perseids occur when Earth moves through a dense
cloud of rocky debris left in our planet's path by a comet. The comet
responsible for the Perseids is 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which last zoomed through the
inner solar system in 1992 and won't return until 2126.

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than 450 miles away

Meteor showers get their names from the point in the sky where their shooting
stars appear to originate — also known as the radiant. For the Perseids, that
radiant is the constellation Perseus (just out of frame at the top of this
image). Although the meteors in this picture appear to move on curved paths,
that's a trick of Dury's wide-angle lens; each meteor is actually falling in a
straight line away from Perseus.

The Perseids appear every year between roughly July 14 and Sept. 1. This year's
peak occurred between Aug. 12 and Aug. 13. However, meteors will still be
visible tumbling away from Perseus every night until the shower's end.

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website and other outlets. He holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing from
the University of Arizona, with minors in journalism and media arts. He enjoys
writing most about space, geoscience and the mysteries of the universe.

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