Perseids

Last night (well this morning) just after midnight Stephen and I headed out to Hurricane, UT to do some quality star gazing. It has been a long time since I saw a good meteor shower, and I was not disappointed. The Perseids promised to be amazing this year, especially since the moon set about the same time as the sun, so the sky was dark. There was still a little light pollution coming from Hurricane, but not enough to block an amazing view of the stars. Seriously, I don't think I have EVER seen stars like that. Growing up, I was way too close to the city. We stayed for almost 2 hours staring at the sky from the back of our jeep. I wish I had been counting, but I'm certain that I saw between 30-40 meteors. Some of them were absolutely brilliant. Stephen took some great photos, but we didn't catch any meteors in them. Couldn't figure out if the camera will do time lapse and long exposure at the same time. Here is a little of what we saw! Or really, what the camera saw, because I'm pretty sure it saw lots more stars than I did.