Meteors Between Stars and Clouds
Credit & Copyright: Pierre Martin & Michael F. Vasseur (OAOG)
Explanation: Streaking high above diffuse clouds -- but well in front of distant stars -- are
sand-sized bits of an ancient comet: meteors. These bits flaked off Comet Tempel-Tuttle
during its pass through the inner Solar System about 150 years ago. Far in the background are
stars toward the constellation of Ursa Major. The above image is digital combination of 12
exposures taken on the mornin
