Posted on 12/15/2025 5:56:07 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Gemini. That is why the major meteor shower in December is known as the Geminids -- because shower meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Gemini. Three dimensionally, however, sand-sized debris expelled from the unusual asteroid 3200 Phaethon follows a well-defined orbit about our Sun, and the part of the orbit that approaches Earth is superposed in front of the constellation of Gemini. Therefore, when Earth crosses this orbit, the radiant point of falling debris appears in Gemini. Featured here is a composite of many images taken over the past few days through dark skies from Slovakia and capturing the snow-covered peaks of the Belianske Tatra mountains Numerous bright meteor streaks from the Geminids meteor shower are visible. Orion is visible above the horizon, while the bright star nearest the radiant is Castor.
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That house is way too bright. There’s some serious alien stuff going on in that house.
It sucked where I was because it was cloudy.
But nice picture, the Geminids always put a good show, unlike those crappy Persieds which seem to be dead for about 10+ years now.
It’s Thomas Kinkade’s house...............
It’s a long exposure photo. Besides, the aliens are in the barn.๐ฝ
The barn is where the cows are so aliens might be there.
I was outside at 1am here in south florida....found a couple clear spots and saw nothing... :(
That picture is manipulated or composite. The stars aren’t trailed, but also the landscape is sharp, so the camera wasn’t guided either. Together that means the exposure couldn’t have been more than a minute or two, and that’s way too many meteors for a couple minutes at most.
Cheeseburgers falling from the sky!
Thank you Santa!
RE: That house is way too bright. Thereโs some serious alien stuff going on in that house.
Until he came on to the spot
Where Judas Priest did stand
“What kind of house is this, “ he said
“Where I have come to roam?”
“It’s not a house”, says Judas Priest
“It’s not a house, it’s a home”
While the mission bells did toll
He just stood there staring
At that big house as bright as any sun
With four and twenty windows
And a woman’s face in every one
——Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest by Bob Dylan.
Aliens firing at earth.
Snow? I thought we weren’t having that any more. ๐ค๐๐
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