Taurids Came in Like a Lion...

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Apollo XX
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Taurids Came in Like a Lion...

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...but are going out like a lamb.

Inspired by all the fireball sightings and encouraged by the predictions that the show would continue until the 10th of November, I took advantage of the clear sky last night and set a camera up for almost four hours of recording. All told I captured three Taurids, one reasonably bright one and two that were quite dim, but no dripping fireballs like the one I saw last week. The following images show the brighter meteor of the three and then a stack of 3.75 hours of shooting. I called Logan airport and asked them to shut down for the evening, but it seems that they caved to the customer complaints.

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Very nice, Mike. Tough having the flightpath overhead, but still a nice view just the same.
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Re: Taurids Came in Like a Lion...

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Nice Mike. Herb Alpert did a song for this...The Lonely Taurid.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDW6gEQ2DU

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Beautiful shots, Mike!
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