Leonids Over Uluru
			
		
		
			Credit & Copyright: 
Vic & Jen Winter 
(ICSTARS Astronomy)
		
		
			Will this year's 
Leonid meteor shower be as good as 
last year's?  
No one knows for sure.  
Possibly, however, in the waning nighttime hours of 
November 18 and 
lasting throughout much of November 19, 
sky gazers across the globe may get their 
last chance ever to see a 
meteor storm.  
Although the glare of a nearly 
full Moon will likely hide the presence of 
many faint meteors, plenty of 
bright meteors 
may well streak across the other side of the sky.  
The above image was taken during 2001 as 
Leonids stormed over 
Uluru (Ayers Rock), 
Australia.  
The image is actually a digital composite of 22 separate frames, 
including one at sunset.  
The 
Gum Nebula is visible on the upper left.