View this awesome time-lapse video of a meteor shower, as seen from Earth

September 16, 2012 12 Email article | Print article

We have already shared with you a stunning time-lapse video of space as seen from the ISS. Today we have another awesome time-lapse to show you; this time it is of a meteor shower over Joshua Tree National Park.

The following video, titled “Ascendance”, is by photographer Henry Jun Wah Leeis. In the video he covers the Perseid meteor shower that took place in August. Before you watch the video, do note the meteor shower appears about half-way through the video — the first half (about 1.5 minutes) is a time-lapse of various nature scenes. So don’t stop viewing just because you aren’t instantly bombarded by meteors. Enjoy!

[via The Atlantic]

12 Comments »

  1. fermier September 16, 2012 at 8:29 PM (comment permalink) -

    It is awesome, but not addictive.

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  2. Ashraf September 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM (comment permalink) -
    Mr. Boss

    @fermier: I agree. It isn’t as stunning as the previous time-lapse from ISS.

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  3. fermier September 16, 2012 at 10:26 PM (comment permalink) -

    I was sarcastic, myself admittedly an unpleasant character. Awesome for progs and addictive for games being notorious cliches.

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  4. Jeanjean September 17, 2012 at 12:15 AM (comment permalink) -

    I had to click on a blank space to see the image of the video (XP-sp3) and play it !?
    Thanks.

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  5. Ashraf September 17, 2012 at 12:51 AM (comment permalink) -
    Mr. Boss

    @fermier: I was actually serious. While the video above is awesome, it isn’t as awesome as the previous one.
    @Jeanjean: Odd. It works fine for me. What browser are you using?

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  6. Jeanjean September 17, 2012 at 2:26 AM (comment permalink) -

    @ Ashraf
    The last version of Firefox.
    I tried in IE8 and have not had a problem.

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  7. Ashraf September 17, 2012 at 2:28 AM (comment permalink) -
    Mr. Boss

    @Jeanjean: Have you tried clearing browser cache?

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  8. Jeanjean September 17, 2012 at 2:35 AM (comment permalink) -

    @ Ashraf
    I just do it with CCleaner and there is no change.

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  9. Ashraf September 17, 2012 at 2:37 AM (comment permalink) -
    Mr. Boss

    @Jeanjean: Have you tried it in a different browser? How about disabled add-ons on FF?

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  10. Jeanjean September 17, 2012 at 3:01 AM (comment permalink) -

    Disabling add-ons does not change either.
    I changed one of my previous posts… a test with IE 8 was without problem !

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  11. Jeanjean September 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM (comment permalink) -

    @ Ashraf
    I think (i’m pretty sure) it’s related to the fact that i’ve configured Firefox to play Java while clicking first on an(its) icon.

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  12. Ashraf September 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM (comment permalink) -
    Mr. Boss

    @Jeanjean: Could be, although this isn’t a Java-based component — it is Flash/HTML5.
    Thanks for helping me try to figure out what is up.

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