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                               2024 August 16
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                               Meteor Borealis
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Jason Dain

   Explanation: A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due
   north on August 12 recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky
   west of Halifax, [5]Nova Scotia, Canada. The meteor's incandescent
   [6]trace is fleeting. It appears to cross the stars of the [7]Big
   Dipper, famous northern asterism and celestial kitchen utensil, while
   shimmering curtains of aurora borealis, also known as the northern
   lights, dance in the night. Doubling the wow factor for night
   skywatchers near the peak of this year's [8]Perseid meteor shower
   auroral activity on planet Earth was enhanced by [9]geomagnetic storms.
   The intense space weather was triggered by flares from an [10]active
   Sun.

             Gallery: [11]Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 and Aurorae
                     Tomorrow's picture: meteor borealis
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