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Doorbell cameras capture a giant meteor shooting across the sky in Alaska

Dec 26, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Last Wednesday, early in the morning, doorbell cameras in Anchorage, Alaska captured more than just the quiet streets of the sleeping town. They caught a giant meteor zooming across the sky, a sight we definitely don’t see every day. It was so bright that it lit up the whole sky for a few seconds, before burning out and seemingly disappearing behind the trees. 

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Twitter bans astrophotographer for three months over an “intimate” shot of a meteor

Nov 18, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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Can you imagine seeing anything “dirty” in a photo or video of a meteor? Yeah, neither can I. However, Twitter can, and it banned an astrophotographer this August because of that.

Astronomer and astrophotographer Mary McIntyre published a video of a meteor she took during the Perseid meteor shower. Twitter flagged it as “intimate content,” which resulted in banning the photographer for the whole three months!

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Plumber captures footage of rare meteor with dashcam

new zealand meteor dash cam

Jul 7, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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The humble dashcam. Usually used for capturing boring traffic offences and dangerous drivers than fireballs flying through the atmosphere, but that is exactly what plumber Curtis Powell captured on his work rounds. It is suspected that the flash of light seen in the video was a meteoroid or re-entering satellite.

Thousands of people took to social media to report the streaking flash of light along with a loud rumbling noise in the Southern part of New Zealand’s North Island. It was said to have lasted around 10 seconds before disappearing.

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This photographer caught a shooting star flying straight “into” a volcano

Jun 10, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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Indonesian photographer Gunarto Song was recently photographing a volcano when he captured a meteor right above it. Thanks to Gunarto’s shooting angle, it looks like the meteor is flying straight into the crater, giving him a once-in-a-lifetime shot that quickly went viral.

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Astrophotographers, don’t miss the Geminid meteor shower at its peak tonight

Dec 14, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Every year, there are a dozen major meteor showers and they’re a real treat for stargazers and astrophotographers alike. Geminid is one of the last ones, and tonight is your chance to capture it. On 13 and 14 December, the annual Geminid meteor shower is at its peak, so get your gear ready and find a nice and dark spot to take some shots.

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Photographer captures this meteor photo without planning while he was asleep

Apr 29, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Sometimes, the best things happen totally by accident. When Prasenjeet Yadav set up his camera to shoot the night sky above Mettupalayam, India, he never thought he’d capture a green-glowing meteor. I believe we can all agree that capturing something like this is a lucky coincidence on its own. But what makes it even more incredible is that the photo was taken while Prasenjeet was asleep.

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Sleeping photographer captures an exploding meteor while shooting timelapse

Jul 6, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments
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One of the big problems with shooting timelapse, especially at night, is that it can get very boring, really quickly. So, often, astro timelapse photographers will leave their cameras snapping away while they go for a nap. That’s what Matthew Vandeputte did at the end of May while shooting timelapse on a road trip through Utah.

Meteors are quite common to capture at night, along with the usual aircraft, but capturing one exploding is a much rarer event. But that’s exactly what his camera had seen when he reviewed the images.

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NASA just shared photos of an exploding meteor, and it equals to ten atomic bombs going off at once

Mar 28, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Did you know that three months ago a meteor exploded 16 miles above the Earth? What’s more, it released the amount of energy ten times stronger than the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima during World War II. NASA managed to capture the large meteor explosion, and it has recently shared impressive images and an animation with the public.

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This breathtaking colorful meteor was captured in a single photo

Jan 4, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Did you know that meteors can be colorful? Our eyes can’t detect the different colors of meteors, but our cameras can. Photographer Dean Rowe managed to capture a magnificent, colorful meteor during Geminid meteor shower. He was kind enough to share with DIYP the details of his photo and tell us how he made it.

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Photos of The Perseids Meteor Shower With The Milky Way and Northern Lights!

Perseids meteor shower with milky way and northern lights in one frame

Aug 21, 2015 by JP Danko 7 Comments
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Sometimes the cosmic forces of the universe just align to give you the opportunity to produce some really really unique photographs.

There is no other way to explain how I was able to capture these photographs of the Perseids Meteor Shower with the Milky Way and the Northern Lights in a single frame.

The unlikely chain of events goes something like this…

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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