A vibrant Perseid meteor streaks across the night sky, its multicolored trail a spectacle of atmospheric excitation. The image, digitally enhanced from a 1993 observation, showcases the beauty and mystery of this annual celestial event, highlighting the different colors emitted by excited atoms as the meteor vaporizes.

Astronomy Picture from 12/08/2000

A Perseid Meteor

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000812.html


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