Astronomy Picture of the Day 11-22-02

NASA ^ | 11-22-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

[petuniasevan]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2002 November 22

Full Moon, Lake, and Leonids Indeed
Credit & Copyright: Image: Blake Suddeth; Haiku "Leonids Indeed": Susan Ode

Explanation:

Full of itself moon -
EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK AT ME.
What's 33 years?

And for those who need a story ... photographer Blake Suddeth took over a hundred digital pictures early Tuesday morning in order to capture this single, gorgeous 10 second exposure of a "Leonid of the Lake" meteor flashing by a very full of itself moon. The dreamlike foreground lake and fog are courtesy of Greenwood, South Carolina, USA.

[petuniasevan]

Astronomy Fun Fact:

Though the Leonid meteors have put on a show about every 33 years, we may not see another decent shower in our lifetimes. Jupiter will perturb comet Temple-Tuttle away from the Earth in 2029 and it may not be until the latter part of the 21st century or the early stages of the 22nd century before the Leonids once again dominate the sky.

[petuniasevan]

[farmfriend]

I don't know if you are on this ping list or not. This is too cool to pass up though.

[firewalk]

Good morning

[sistergoldenhair]

Nice. Very nice.