                   APOD: 2017 December 16 - A Wintry Shower

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                               2017 December 16
                                      [2]
                               A Wintry Shower
                Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Jack Fusco [4]

Explanation: Four Geminids flash through northern skies in this wintry night
skyscape. The bright fireball and 3 fainter meteors were captured in a single
10 second exposure, near the peak of December's Geminid meteor shower [5] .
Reflecting the fireball's greenish light [6] , a partially frozen Lake Edith
in Alberta Canada's Jasper National Park lies in the foreground, with the
Canadian Rocky Mountains ranging along the northern horizon. Of course, the
glacial lake is cold even in summer. But photographer Jack Fusco reports that
he experienced -9 degree C temperatures that night while enjoying [7] one of
the most active meteor showers he's ever seen.

                    Tomorrow's picture: quasar mirage [8]

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