Thanks, Paul! I took a ton of shots to get that one, there's a few more that are fairly decent but that's probably the best one out of the batch.
It sounds like you might have hit a nice patch of debris on the 11th. That bright meteor may have been a "bolide"...much larger and longer lasting that a regular meteor. I've seen only two of them in my life...not that I'm out every night looking, but I tend to gaze heavenward if it's a clear night and I'm outside. Did you perchance see a smoke trail behind it? The will be streaking brightly and then just kind of break up in small "explosions". Very cool to see.
I had a friend of mine visit us from Chicago....I had him out in the backyard showing him all the stars and pointed up to the north star. Naturally his eyes following my pointing finger. Suddenly, as if on command, a bolide streaked across the sky where I was pointed. He was already amazed at all the stars, but when he saw that it really didn't bring a lot of response from him...it was kind of like "oh, so that's a shooting star".
For me, knowing the rarity of seeing bolides (for me, anyhow) it was a great treat.
Another treat was "around" 1974 while I was in highschool. Me and a friend were riding around one night when we saw some "shooting stars". They were like a swarm of bees. We were actually coming off of a dirt road onto a paved road where the dirt road was slanted upwards so we stopped right there with inclined seats and had a magnificent show for the next thirty minutes or so. The meteors were in a concentrated area of the sky that was viewed within the confines of the cars hood (how ever wide of a a field of view that is). At any one time we could see a dozen or more meteors...it was simply amazing. I've never witnessed anything like that since then and have no idea what celestial event it was...back then information of that type wasn't readily available (no internet, no abundance of books, etc.,)...and I can't remember what time of year or the exact year. It was a neat experience, though!!!
Ed
Nice shot Ed!
We just got back home and no pictures, BUT on Aug 11 (Tuesday night) saw lots of activity - beautiful night sky in total darkness over the lake. First one I ever saw was excellent and lasted for 3 to 5 seconds sparkling down similar to fireworks (I was following an airplane and then all of a sudden thought it had exploded and falling as that was very near the same direction as that first one). Then several a minute smaller flashes over about 135 degrees of the sky. That first one was bright enough that our granddaughter who was inside the cottage ran outside and said "what was that?"
Unfortunately overcast on Wednesday and Thursday and nothing to be seen on Friday and Saturday nights.
Paul