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Serendipitous green meteor

Serendipitous green meteor - green meteorite, meteor, south india, western ghats
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Serendipitous Green Meteor, Honorable Mention, Landscape. Anand Varma was visiting me and I was showing him around a mountain range in South India called the Western Ghats. We camped on the side of a road and I set up my Nikon D600 and a 24-70mm lens to take 15-second exposures. I set the camera to take 999 images. I slept next to the camera and it continued taking pictures until dawn. It wasn't until the next afternoon that I reviewed my images and noticed something unusually bright and green. I showed it to Anand, and we realized that I had captured an extremely rare event. After checking with a few experts, I learned that it was a green meteorite, and getting it on camera is very rare. This is an example of being at the right place at the right time to capture something totally unexpected. For those 15 seconds, I was the luckiest photographer on the planet.
© Prasenjeet Yadav / 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
KimE12 Uploaded by KimE12 on . Serendipitous green meteor - Desktop Nexus Space Download free wallpapers and background images: Serendipitous green meteor. Desktop Nexus Space background ID 2203256. Serendipitous Green Meteor, Honorable Mention, Landscape. Anand Varma was visiting me and I was showing him around a mountain range in South India called the Western Ghats. We camped on the side of a road and I set up my Nikon D600 and a 24-70mm lens to take 15-second exposures. I set the camera to take 999 images. I slept next to the camera and it continued taking pictures until dawn. It wasn't until the next afternoon that I reviewed my images and noticed something unusually bright and green. I showed it to Anand, and we realized that I had captured an extremely rare event. After checking with a few experts, I learned that it was a green meteorite, and getting it on camera is very rare. This is an example of being at the right place at the right time to capture something totally unexpected. For those 15 seconds, I was the luckiest photographer on the planet.
© Prasenjeet Yadav / 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Trackerandy
Posted by Trackerandy on 12/13/16 at 11:30 PM
Superb
Darksong
Posted by Darksong on 12/13/16 at 10:22 PM
Fascinating!
Alexandra66
Posted by Alexandra66 on 12/13/16 at 06:13 PM
Very nice!~
welcha
Posted by welcha on 12/13/16 at 02:05 PM
excellent photo!
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Uploaded By: KimE12
Date Uploaded: December 13, 2016
Filename: pitous-green-meteor.jpg
Original Resolution: 1500x1000
File Size: 483.07 KB
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