                  APOD: 2017 August 16 - Perseid by the Sea

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                                2017 August 16
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                              Perseid by the Sea
         Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Tamas Ladanyi [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: Just after moonrise on August 12 this grain of cosmic sand fell
by the sea, its momentary flash part of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower [6] .
To create the Perseid meteors, dust along [7]  the orbit of periodic comet
Swift-Tuttle is swept up by planet Earth. The cometary debris [8]  plows
through the atmosphere at nearly 60 kilometers per second and is quickly
vaporized at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so. Perseid meteors are [9] often
bright and colorful, like the one captured in this sea and night skyscape.
Against starry sky [10]  and faint Milky Way the serene view looks south and
west across the Adriatic Sea, from the moonlit Dalmatian [11]  coast toward
the island of Brac.

                   Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space [12]

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