Summary: The annual Perseid meteor shower peaked on August 12th and 13th. This year's shower was perhaps less impressive than usual. Nevertheless, sky watchers spotted plenty of bright shooting stars--including some colorful earthgrazers.

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	Photographer, Location	Images	Comments
	Jim Gamble, El Paso, Texas, USA Aug. 12-14	#1, #2	An all-sky camera at the El Paso station of the Sandia Meteor Detection Network recorded these bright Perseids. The images are composites of activity on August12/13 and August 13/14, respectively. The images were prepared by Joe Chavez.
	George Varros, Mount Airy, Maryland, USA Aug. 13	#1 (a 2 MB gif movie), #2 (a montage of meteors in jpg format)	G. Varros recorded these four bright meteors using his innovative Meteor Tracker.
	Lance Taylor, Cooking Lake, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Aug. 13	#1, more	Lance Taylor was outdoors looking for Perseids when these colorful auroras appeared. Photo details: Canon T-70, 28 mm, Kodak 200 ISO film (f2 @ 30 sec)
	Dirk Obudzinski, Sedona, Arizona, USA Aug. 13	#1, #2, #3, more	D. Obudzinski captured these rainbow-colored Perseids between 3:00 and 4:30 am local time on August 13th. Photo details: Nikon EM camera, 50 - 100 mm lenses , f /1.4, 10 - 15 sec. exposures on Kodak Supra 800 film
	Frankie Lucena, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA Aug. 12	#1, #2, more	F. Lucena: "I used a modified Canon AE-1 camera with a 50mm lens at F/1.8 for 30 seconds on Kodak Max 800 film."
	Warren Justice, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada Aug. 13	#1, #2, #3	Photo details: 28mm f1.9 @ 12-40 sec. Fuji Superia 800
	Robert Smith, Stoneville, North Carolina, USA Aug. 8	#1, more	The full-sized image shows a faint Perseid meteor and a brilliant Iridium flare.
	Bryan Murahashi, San Jose, CA Aug. 9	#1	This Perseid fireball left a cloud of smoke in its wake. Photo details: Olympus C-2100, 16 sec exposure, f/2.8 at 7.0 mm
	Stan Richard, 25 miles NE of Des Moines, Iowa, USA Aug. 12	#1, more	S. Richard: "This is a 5 minute exposure using my barndoor tracker, 28mm lens at f/2.5, on Fuji Superia 800 film"
	Wade B Clark Jr., Mt. Baker Ski Area, Washington State, USA Aug. 11	#1, #2, #3	While Wade Clark was watching for Perseid meteors on August 11th, the sky began to glow with auroras. Image #1 shows auroras and two Perseid meteors. Image #3 shows auroras and an Iridium flare.
	Thad V'Soske, San Diego, CA, USA Aug. 11	#1, #2, #3, more	T. V'Soske: "These images were captured on Kodak P1600 slide film with 5-min exposures using a 55mm f/1.2 lens @ f/1.2. Smoke had recently cleared from a local forest fire leaving the warm desert sky clear enough to enjoy several bright and colorful Perseid meteors."
	Wade B Clark Jr., Mt. Baker Ski Area, Washington State, USA Aug. 11	#1	Can you find the Perseid meteor in this photo of the Milky Way? Try inspecting the full-sized image.
	Ronald Hodges, Ft. Davis state park near Ft. Davis, Texas, USA Aug. 10	#1, #2	This image of the Milky Way contains six Perseids. Can you find them?
	Dominic Cantin, on the banks of the St-Lawrence River, 60 km west of Quebec city, Canada Aug. 11	#1, more	Photo details: 28 mm @ f 2.8, 25 sec, Fuji Superia 800
	George Varros, Mount Airy, Maryland, USA Aug. 11	#1 (a 250 kB RealPlayer movie file)	G. Varros: "Here's a movie of a Perseid emerging from near the radiant, imaged with the Meteor Tracker--a camera system that uses a wide field camera and computer to steer a higher resolution camera to the meteor. The movie starts with a time exposure video shot of Cassiopia in the center of the screen and Perseus in the lower right center; then a short clip of the meteor; then a full-speed clip from the high resolution camera, which is then followed by a 7x slow motion clip."
	Doug Murray, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Aug. 10	#1	Doug captured several Perseid meteors through scattered clouds on August 10th.
[movie]	George Varros, Mount Airy, Maryland, USA Aug. 8	#1 (a 350 kB RealPlayer movie file)	G. Varros: "I recorded these Perseids, using a 75 degree FOV intensified camera. The movie shows how the meteors point back to the radiant in Perseus."
	Steve Winchester, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Aug. 12	#1	Photo details: Fuji 800 asa film on a tripod, f1.8 at 2 minutes
	Vladimir Ilic, Goshen, CT, USA Aug. 13	#1, #2, #3, #4	V. Ilic: "All these pictures were captured on Kodak 800 MAX film. I used 3 cameras: Zenith TTL 50mm F2.8 stationary, Vivitar 3800N 50mm F1.7 and 24mm F2.8, Olympus OM1 50mm F1.8 with Barn door tracker and exposure time between 5 and 6 min."