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Keywords: meteor shower, Gemini North, Geminids
![Леонид над озером Моно](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/11/20/0001237029/LeonidSunriseMeteor_Rowell900.preview.jpg)
19.11.2009
Eerie spires of rock rise from shore of Mono Lake in the foreground of this early morning skyscape. The salty, mineral-laden lake is located in California's eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range and the spindly rock formations are naturally formed limestone towers called tufa.
![Комета Темпеля-Туттля - комета Леонид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/11/18/0001180931/temptut_puckett_big.preview.jpg)
16.11.2002
Star trails streak this composite time exposure of comet Tempel-Tuttle recorded by Tim Puckett on January 26, 1998. Then passing through the inner solar system on its 33 year orbit around the Sun, Tempel-Tuttle brightened unexpectedly, but binoculars or small telescopes were still required to visually observe it.
![Телескоп Джемини-Север: головная ударная волна вблизи центра Галактики](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162426/gcenter2_gemini_big.preview.jpg)
17.10.2000
What's going on near the center of our Galaxy? Glowing across the electromagnetic spectrum, the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is thought to be home to massive stars, rotating gas rings, and a massive black hole. Now the central Galactic zoo just got larger.
![Персеиды на свету](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/14/0001215208/PerseidMoonlightAurora9_westlake_c50.preview.jpg)
11.08.2006
Dark skies are favored for viewing meteor showers -- so many are pessimistic about this year's Perseids. While the Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak this weekend, bright light from an almost full Moon will also flood the night and mask the majority of relatively faint meteors.
![Метеорный дождь Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/20/0001199354/perseidMeteors_bruenjes_c1.preview.jpg)
20.08.2004
Comet dust rained down on planet Earth last week, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower. So, while enjoying the anticipated space weather, astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of August 11/12 using a wide angle lens.
![Полярные сияния и вспышка метеора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/19/0001237438/GeminidAurora_Hansen1.preview.jpg)
19.12.2009
Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on December 13. This 30 second long exposure records their shimmering glow gently lighting the wintery coastal scene.
![Начал работу телескоп Северный Джемини](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/03/07/0001212088/gemini_pfa_big.preview.jpg)
29.06.1999
A new mammoth telescope has begun to inspect the northern sky. The 8-meter Gemini North telescope, pictured above, was dedicated last week in Hawaii, with images documenting its unprecedented abilities being released. Within two years, sister telescope Gemini South will begin similar observations of the southern sky from Chile.
![Персеиды из Персея](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/08/17/0001235831/perseids090812_peterson.preview.jpg)
17.08.2009
Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Perseus. That is why the last week's meteor shower was known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Perseus.
![Фейерверк и падающие звезды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/09/0001178835/fireworks_steele.preview.jpg)
9.08.2002
Experimenting with a new telescope and camera, photographer Jim Steele captured this surreal but festive image of fireworks in the night sky above Ashland, Oregon. The date was July 4th and the fiery streaks were part of the traditional annual celebration of independence day in the United States.
![Ауригиды с высоты в 47 тысяч футов](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/05/0001223376/AurigidVaubaillon720.preview.jpg)
5.09.2007
On September 1, Aurigid meteors filled the sky, in keeping with inovative predictions of an outburst from this historically tentative meteor shower. Astronomers flying at 47,000 feet on a dedicated mission to observer the outburst collected image data for this composite photo of the Aurigids' bright and colorful streaks.
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