Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
During the morning of November 18, 1999, Europeans saw an increase in the number of meteors visible around 0210 UTC (counts growing up to 1000 per hour-- minimum amount for a "true meteor storm"). Observers, all over the world, saw between 30 and 100 meteors per hour. The picture is a 20-minute exposure and 5 Leonid meteors are seen clearly, as their tails blaze above the Torre de la Guaita (observation tower from 12th century--Girona, Spain). In 2014, over the span of the next few nights, the Leonids meteor shower will once again occur. However, this year the moon will be in a crescent (no skyglow) and Earth is thought to be passing through more debris left over from Comet Tempel-Tuttle than in 1999.
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