- A stunning panorama shows the Geminid meteor shower over a high-altitude observatory.
- The image includes glowing hydrogen-alpha features in the night sky.
- Four Nikon mirrorless cameras and various wide-angle lenses were used.
- The photograph was taken in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
Xiaofeng Qu, taken from Lijiang, Yunnan, China
The Geminid meteor shower appears to rain down upon the Gaomeigu Astronomical Observatory (altitude: 10,500 feet [3,200 meters]) in this carefully composed 10-panel panorama. Also visible are numerous Hα features glowing across the sky, like the Orion Loop just above the observatory dome. The imager used 4 Nikon mirrorless cameras and a variety of wide-angle lenses to capture the meteor streaks.
