24 May 2014 – Camelopardalids Meteor at Jebel Al Jais Mountain

140524-Camelopardalids Meteor at Jebel Ai Jais Mountain

Camelopardalids Meteor captured at Jebel Ai Jais Mountain on 24 May 2014 morning.

Just returned from my Dubai astrophotography recce trip this morning and here’s the first image I’ve processed after I have backup my files. On the peak of Camelopardalids meteor shower, I went to Jebel Jais mountain, standing at approximately 1950m above sea level, which I believe is the tallest mountain in United Arab Emirates (UAE) to capture the first-ever meteor shower which stems from Comet 209P/LINEAR and scientists have no idea what the comet was doing in the 1800s. Although the meteor shower didn’t perform as expected but it’s amazing that it’s even happening at all and I believe I’ve managed to capture a Camelopardalids meteor that streaked across the night sky after waiting for several hours. I’ve also captured the headlight from one of the cars to show that the peak of the mountain is accessible by cars. 

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Justin Ng

Starting out as a self-taught photographer in September 2010, Justin Ng has garnered his photographic experience from a diverse range of subjects, events and locations eventually earning recognition and publication in world-famous media sources like the BBC, CNN, National Geographic, Yahoo!, Space.com, EarthSky, UniverseToday and just to name afew. Justin was published as Asia's top 30 photographers by Signature Weddings, top 6 landscape photographers in the world by Pixoto, top astrophotographer in the world by Top Ten Magazine and he has been listed as Canon EOS World Photographer of the Year 2013. Subscribe to Justin Ng Photo's mailing list. Quality of all images in this blog is set to 30% to keep the filesize small.

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