              APOD: 2017 August 18 - Perseids over the Pyrenees

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                                2017 August 18
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                          Perseids over the Pyrenees
          Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Jean-Francois Graffand [4]

Explanation: This mountain and night skyscape [5] stretches across the French
Pyrenees National Park [6] on August 12, near the peak of the annual Perseid
meteor shower. The multi-exposure panoramic view was composed from the Col
d'Aubisque [7] , a mountain pass, about an hour before the bright gibbous moon
rose. Centered is a misty valley and lights from the region's Gourette ski
station toward the south. Taken over the following hour, frames capturing some
of the night's long bright perseid meteors [8]  were aligned against the
backdrop of stars and Milky Way [9] .

                    Tomorrow's picture: 38 years ago [10]

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