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'Once-in-a-lifetime' photo: Perseid meteors, northern lights and rare glowing arc shine over 11th-century castle
When photographer Josh Dury set out to photograph the peak of the Perseid meteor shower overnight on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, little did he know he'd be treated to a truly special cosmic display.
The breathtaking image Dury captured shows not only Perseid meteors raining down through the sky but also northern lights and a rare atmospheric glow known as an SAR arc alongside the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies.
"To think that so much is going on in the astronomical scene that evening with the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies also visible, makes this definitely a once-in-a-lifetime photograph," Dury told Space.com in an email.
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Dury chose 11th Century Corfe Castle as the setting for his image as he'd photographed from the location on May 10 during the epic G5 geomagnetic storm and captured some incredible scenes.
Just to happy with these shots of the Aurora Super Storm on Friday!!#NorthernLights #aurora #Auroraborealis #astrophotography #astrophoto #astro #space #astronomy #landscape @BBCEarth @NatGeoUK @CorfeCastleUK @DorsetMag @BBCBreakfast @BBCSpotlight @BBCBristol @MetOfficeSpace pic.twitter.com/3NojAWJMQrMay 12, 2024
And with strong G3 conditions forecast during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, Dury set out to try his luck again.
Suffice it to say it was another storming success.
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