Leonid Meteor Shower
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Leonid Meteor Shower
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Very intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which produce at least 1,000 meteors an hour, most notably from the Leonids. This shower typically peaks during the month of November.
Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Valley, Chimney Rock in western Nebraska stands tall among the most celebrated natural geologic formations along the overland wagon routes to California, Oregon, and Utah. This tall tower served as an early landmark for fur traders, trappers, and mountain men as they made their way from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River. To later west bound emigrants, the solitary spire marked the end of plains travel and the beginning of the rugged mountain portion of their journey.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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January 20th, 2022
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