Perseid Meteor Shower Over Clear Wyoming Skies
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A blustery day in Lander, Wyoming pushed the clouds out of the sky
setting the stage for perfect meteor shower viewing conditions. Three
employees from NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School, spent the
night camping in Red Canyon, Wyoming.
Armed with three cameras
and enough coffee to fuel the entire town of Lander, Kyle, Brian, and
William pointed their lenses toward the western and southern sky to
capture the Perseid Meteor Shower. This video is a compilation of what
was captured.
NOLS currently has 367 students in wilderness
locations around the world. We are sure they all had amazing front row
seats to this year’s natural fireworks display.
Lessons Learned:
1. Meteor Shower photography is a lot like fishing. You wait around for long periods of time and try to get lucky.
2. There could always be more coffee.
3. It’s nice to have a spare camera around for “light-writing” to pass the time.
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