A photographer friend and I decided on the spur of the moment to head out to the Everglades to photograph this years Geminid Meteor shower. We knew the almost full moon would rise around midnight so we only had a small window of opportunity to watch and photograph natures fireworks display. We started at Mahogany Hammock and worked our way down to Flamingo.
I am glad we decided to make the trip because this years shower was the best I have seen in quite some time. It seemed that every few seconds one, two or even three meteors were streaking across the sky. We even saw a few green fireballs. It may have also helped that we found a new dark site that blocked out much of the light pollution from Miami and the Keys.
I had a great time but did not come home with a lot of keeper images. However, I did capture one good long exposure image and combined my three best meteors into the same image to create a more dramatic effect.
