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Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
Cloudy skies Sunday morning, so I tried this morning again to capture some images from CY2012 Lyrids Meteor Shower.
Zero meteor streaks, however I did get (2) satellite flares. T1i + 15-85 @ 15mm, f3.5, ISO800, 25 sec exposure. no cropping, This is by far the most brilliant satellite flare I've ever captured. From the length of this the flare lasted 6-8 seconds. (on the original frames I can see the satellite trail crawling thru the other exposures)  Crop of the flare  This other one lasted longer, less brilliant, full image no crop 
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24th of April 2012 (Tue)
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Re: Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
great shots
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24th of April 2012 (Tue)
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Re: Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
you could stack them in Star Trails. Thats what I usually get when trying for meteors.... Planes and Satellites. Still cool though
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Re: Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
Looks like Iridiums.
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Re: Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
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25th of April 2012 (Wed)
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Re: Lyrids Meteor Shower - zero but 2 bonus captures
I searched heavens-above for the time/location of Iridiums/ISS/etc, and no match...secret satellite??
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