STARBURST 4K -Geminid Meteor Shower 2015-

On a freezing cold winter night at Red Rock Canyon State Park in Mojave Desert, California, I managed to capture an extraordinary astronomical phenomenon: a fireball or a meteor explosion followed by a persistent train.
I was out there all by myself in a pitch-dark desert shooting astrophotography time lapse hoping to capture a few frames of light streaks from the Geminid meteor shower which had peaked a few days prior to that night. It was indeed a great night with dozens of sightings of sparking meteoroids, but the result of the time lapse sequence was overwhelming and mind blowing. It was a bright spark illuminating the entire rim of eroded sandstone canyon, followed by orange fume floating in the sky.
According to my calculations based on the time lapse setting and EXIF data from the resulting images, the glowing orange fume floated in the air for a matter of 40 minutes until it framed out and blended into the atmosphere.
As a particle in the comet or asteroid orbit about the size of a sand grain enters the Earth's stratosphere at such a high speed, it explodes and turns into plasma due to atmospheric friction. The energy of the plasma stimulates molecules of the air and forces them to emit photons, resulting in the glowing fume-like particle that floats in the sky.
I am in awe and honored to be able to share this rare astronomical event with you. Thank you for watching and your support.
カリフォルニア州モハーヴェ砂漠に位置するレッド・ロック・キャニオン州立公園にて、氷点下の真冬の夜空に光り輝く閃光とそれに伴う流星痕の撮影に成功しました。私は砂漠の漆黒の暗闇の中ただ一人、先日に極大を迎えたふたご座流星群のタイムラプス撮影をしていました。その晩は確かに良い観測条件でしたが、このタイムラプスには驚くべきものが捉えられていました。それは周囲の岩肌をも照らすような一瞬の大きな流星の閃光が、オレンジ色の煙のような浮遊物に伴われていた映像でした。カメラのメタ情報から計算すると、このオレンジ色の煙のような粉塵は夜空高くをおよそ40分間にわたって浮遊し続けていたことがわかりました。彗星や小惑星の公転軌道上に浮遊する砂粒大の氷や塵が超高速度で地球の大気圏に降り注ぐ際、大気の摩擦熱によりプラズマ状態になって爆発することがあります。このプラズマが周囲に漂う大気の分子を刺激して発光し、高高度を漂うのが流星痕の発生メカニズムです。このような貴重な映像をお届けできて大変光栄に思います。ご覧くださりありがとうございます！
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[@nancydyson1090]

Wonderful, especially beautiful at the end, thanks for posting this.

[@crystallily9437]

Waves of Meteorshowers are so magical

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Pretty cool, i have never seen anything like that before.

[@user-kn6vw4sr2r]

Kinda annoying when you try different speeds and magnification. Should just go for an uninterrupted linear video.

[@dsaunders6475]

Wonderful is it available for use?

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Please use the link in the description for licensing. Thanks!

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Gary Walton
5 years ago
CAN i PLEASE USE YOUR CLIP FOR MY BLOG? THANKS
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Sky Rock Media
5 years ago
+Gary Walton Hi! Thank you! Yes, and please include a proper credit. I appreciate it! I noticed others also want to use clip with proper credit. Hope it's available for myself and others with proper credit; which I will definitely include.

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[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

Nice channel! I like your work

[@DesertSean]

Very Cool!

[@_trismegistus]

How did you make the last shot with the continuing star trails?

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CAN i PLEASE USE YOUR CLIP FOR MY BLOG? THANKS

[@SkyRockMedia]

+Gary Walton Hi! Thank you! Yes, and please include a proper credit. I appreciate it!