Within the early hours of Tuesday morning (Aug. 13), at round 1:03 a.m. native time, a stunning Perseid fireball streaked throughout Macedonian skies above Lake Ohrid. A webcam system put in all through the Lake Ohrid area captured the dramatic sight.Â
“The video with the meteor is unbelievable. We see within the video 7 seconds of a falling meteor. I like know-how as we speak,” photographer Stojan Stojanovski, who created the webcam system, informed House.com in an electronic mail.Â
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The Perseid meteor bathe, also referred to as the Perseids, is seen yearly from mid-July till late August. This 12 months, the bathe peaked across the night time of Aug. 11 and earlier than daybreak on Aug. 12. The few nights surrounding the height are additionally good for catching a glimpse of those iconic meteors.Â
The bathe is attributable to Earth passing by particles — bits of ice and rock — left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle which final handed by Earth in 1992. When the particles hits Earth’s environment, it burns up and creates the dramatic “taking pictures stars“ we all know because the Perseids. A lot of the Perseids are tiny, concerning the dimension of a sand grain. Nearly not one of the fragments hit the bottom, but when one does, it is known as a meteorite.
The distinction between a meteor and a fireball just like the one seen within the video lies with brightness. Merely put, meteors brighter than Venus are categorized as fireballs.Â
Stojanovski started establishing the webcam community in 2018 with assist from native companies to advertise tourism within the Lake Ohrid area, as a part of Ohrid Information. Stojanovski hopes that the installment of 180-degree cameras will give him and the native Ohrid Astronomy Affiliation an excellent higher view of the night time sky.
“The 180-degree point-of-view cameras sooner or later will catch extra meteors I hope,” Stojanovski stated.
Stojanovski additionally captured a shocking {photograph} of a Perseid meteor above Lake Ohrid on Aug. 11, 2024. The glow from wildfires is seen within the distance.Â
“There are some wildfires and it is onerous to seek out good spots within the mountains”, Stojanovski informed House.com.
