08/18/2026
The Perseids over Crater Lake
10 hours. A frame every 16 seconds. My camera caught meteors before astronomical twilight and kept catching them clear through morning, with a number of larger bursts throughout the night.
This shot is a real composite: about 100 meteors were pulled from about 3,500 frames shot the night of Aug 12-13, 2026, blended with one background photo. Positions are accurate to the radiant point, though I rotated a few that streaked wild and crossed other paths for clarity, to maintain the composition.
A "true" version (no artistic rotation, pure math) is in the works. It's a lot of positional calculations and fine detail, but it's coming.
📍 Crater Lake National Park
đź“· Sony A7V, 1600iso, f2.0, 15" exposures