Last night, I drove down to Morgan Hill's Henry Coe State Park to view the Perseid Meteor Shower. Leaving Mountain View at 12:30, meant that I was at the parking lot by 1:30 (after a harrowing twisty 10 mile climb up the mountain). Getting there so late meant that I didn't quite feel safe wandering into the darkness of the mountainside alone, so instead I just parked my car and set up my camera in the mostly deserted parking lot. While not the perfect location, it was good enough, and it seemed on the drive over that the meteor shower was already underway, so I got comfortable and spent the next couple of hours staring up at the sky.
There was light pollution from the cities, and you'll notice the orange glow of the cities in a great many of the shots.
Despite this, I was able to see many (and photograph a couple) Perseid meteors as they streaked across the sky. They are remarkably fast, blink and they are gone, but that's okay, as there's another coming around soon. With almost a meteor a minute, time goes quickly, and I quickly lose count of the numbers.
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My small set of stars and meteors: Flickr: Perseids Meteor Shower 2007
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