Fireball - June 23, 2012

Fireball - June 23, 2012

Image Details

  • 30 min stack of 1 second exposures
  • Custom Built All Sky Camera
  • Photoshop CS5
  • 03:30 AM - 4:00 AM MDT, 06/23/2012
  • Mead, Colorado

In this image, a colorful fireball flashed overhead in the twiliight skies of June 23, 2012. The fireball originated near the star Vega in the constellation of Lyra.

The semicircular trail at frame bottom is from an airplane while a nearby industrial park brightens the western horizon.