Perseid Meteors Sam Wolfe/Flickr

Tonight, the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. Our friends at PopPhoto.com have compiled a nice guide to photographing the action. Check it out here.

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Awesome... thanks john! Sadly, it's been and will be raining in my are for a while. But at least I can get a cable release ordered for my Nikon and be ready for next time. :-)

I so totally missed the meteor shower altogether this year. We have incredibly amazing beautiful meteor showers here in Hungary, especially in the Great Hungarian Plain where the air is pure and unpolluted, and no settlements are to be found anywhere near. Well, I'll try next year...

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