Shooting Stars in the night from 12 to 13 August turned out to be bright, beautiful and looked like a huge sparkler.
The peak of the Perseids meteor shower – Shooting Stars – fell on the last night. At this time, space phenomenon can be observed with the naked eye of the Earth. Of course, in those regions, which at that time was cloudless weather. Unfortunately, no luck Petersburg.
Starfall from 12 to 13 August 2014 was seen the people of Russia and Ukraine, but in each region – at different times. The peak of the Perseids meteor shower was scheduled for midnight GMT. Accordingly, in Moscow cosmic phenomenon was visible from the Earth at about 4 am. Despite this early hour, at a special viewing platform on Sparrow Hills gathered a few dozen people.
Perseids meteor rain became the second power in 2014 – for an hour could be seen about 60 comets. The biggest meteor shower of the year is yet to come. On the night of 13 December 14 will peak the Geminids meteor shower. The naked eye can be observed flight 120 meteors per hour.
Starfall Perseids. Beautiful video from the user Roman Ulanoff
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