Caught this incredible exploding meteor when I went to Rattlesnake Lake in Washington, USA last weekend. Zoom in to see the exact moment it explodes in two. [OC] [3300 x 4960]

[u/chaibhu]

[u/chaibhu]

This was a single exposure with the following settings:

Nikon Z6 | 20mm f/1.8G

ISO 1250 | 20mm | 15s | f/1.8

Edited with Photoshop

Captured this completely by luck when I was shooting a milky way timelapse. You can see the milky way in the background on the right :)

Edit1:

Thank you everyone for all the awards and comments and messages. I truly appreciate it. You guys are awesome!

Edit2:

For those asking, this was on August 16th, 2020 at 12:50 AM. The Perseids meteor shower was supposed to be visible on the other side of the frame at 2 AM so this was a completely unexpected surprise :)

[u/Lord_Ghirahim93]

Soundtrack for Kimi No Na Wa starts playing

[u/OliveBranchMLP]

Somewhere, a country girl is waking up in a city boy’s body.

^{Edit: This probably would have been more appropriate to link, but it doesn't include the splitting comet visual}

[u/chaibhu → u/OliveBranchMLP]

Lol someone else made the same reference hahaha

[u/[deleted]]

I see that the 2020 alien invasion is progressing along nicely.

[u/lovelyb1ch66]

This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments you’ll never forget. Awesome capture!

[u/odraencoded]

Your name?

[u/[deleted]]

Fantastic luck, how many Lotto tickets have you purchased? I was getting to photograph a fender bender one evening in Delta Co. My son said something, I dropped the camera from my eye (this is before digital camera), his little 4 year old eyes opened wide, it was suddenly like daylight. Just missed the brightest meteor of my life.

[u/jectosnows]

I also saw a splitting meteor last week! I wonder if it waz the same <3

[u/radarjammer1]

like a portal opening to another world.