APOD: 2021 August 19 - Bright Meteor, Starry Sky

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, August 19, 202 entitled "Bright Meteor, Starry Sky."

Image: Bright Meteor, Starry Sky Image Credit & Copyright - Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)

APOD Background
"Explanation: Plowing through Earth's atmosphere at 60 kilometers per second, this bright perseid meteor streaks along a starry Milky Way. Captured in dark Portugal skies on August 12, it moves right to left through the frame. Its colorful trail starts near Deneb (alpha Cygni) and ends near Altair (alpha Aquilae), stars of the northern summer triangle. In fact this perseid meteor very briefly outshines both, two of the brightest stars in planet Earth's night. The trail's initial greenish glow is typical of the bright perseid shower meteors. The grains of cosmic sand, swept up dust from periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, are moving fast enough to excite the characteristic green emission of atomic oxygen at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so before vaporizing in an incandescent flash."


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrNFDxCRzU

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I believe it will be very soon that Jesus will come and then we understand so much more about our Galaxy.

Looks like something straight out of Star Wars!!! Very cool.