Time lapse video shows Perseid meteor shower

Earlier this month the Perseid meteor shower - located in the Perseus constellation - reached its maximum intensity on August 11. In Brazil, it was more difficult to follow the phenomenon, because in our latitude, the rain was very close to the horizon.

In addition, the peak of the event was between 3:30 and 6 am that Sunday morning. Time you were either sleeping or in the club, right? For these reasons, few people have been able to keep up here, even with NASA streaming live. But what matters is that there is always someone who records some spectacle of nature, and that's what videomaker Kai Gradert did.

He shot the footage on the nights of August 9, 10, and 11 in Joshua Tree National Park, California, creating an amazing time lapse video! As the videomaker pointed out, not all passing lights are really meteors, some of which are airplanes and some satellites. But most of them are meteors that follow the orbit of the Swift-Tuttle comet. Check out!

60 Seconds Timelapse of the Perseid Meteor Shower in Joshua Tree Park from Kai Gradert on Vimeo.