This was one of those last minute adventures that I love so much. I found out about the meteor shower at around 10 am, and by 11 am I was packing for the trek east. It was scheduled to be cloudy near home, but I wasn't going to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see this meteor shower. So I found a spot near Cle Elum where we could park the truck and see the stars; they allowed over night camping and the forcast was moderately clear which allowed us the ability to sleep in the bed of the truck. We invited our friends up to Speelyi Beach with us (they couldn't camp but wanted to see the shower). We started a fire because the meteor shower wasn't supposed to start until about 11ish, so we enjoyed a few hours of campfire while I set up the camera, the telescope and the bed of the truck for sleeping. I wish I would have had a little more time to set up my telescope better as well as my camera however it was still amazing. The cloud cover was intermittent and you could see so many stars. The meteor shower was pretty intense, bright streaks and pretty frequent. I was too excited about seeing the stars I didn't get my photography equipment set up the best, so a majority of my photos turned out blurry. The experience was well worth it and I can't wait to go back to Speelyi beach to camp again! The next meteor shower is mid August so hopefully we can get out to see that one also!
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| A few double exposures of robs head :P |
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| The Milky Way was visible |
We arrived at night so we didn't know what we were waking up to in the morning. It was beautiful, the sun was out and it was warm.
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