Background

On 18 November 2001, I attended a star party in Vail, Arizona, to watch the Leonid meteor shower. The Leonid meteors are actually bits and pieces shed off of Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every November, the Earth passes through the orbital path of this comet, and, as a result, sweeps up some of the material ejected from the comet. In 2001, the Earth passed through a particularly dense pocket of comet crud, so we were treated to a meteor storm.

Pictures

	Large size 0052 kB	Full size 0072 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Orion.
	Large size 0046 kB	Full size 0065 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Star trails around Polaris.
	Large size 0050 kB	Full size 0069 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Silhouetted, blurry people backlit by Tucson city lights.
	Large size 0076 kB	Full size 0099 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Long exposure of cold people in the outdoors.
	Large size 0050 kB	Full size 0066 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Orion, with meteor.
	Large size 0043 kB	Full size 0061 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	More star trails, and meteor.
	Large size 0040 kB	Full size 0065 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	More star trails.
	Large size 0044 kB	Full size 0061 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Another meteor streaks by Orion.
	Large size 0047 kB	Full size 0066 kB	Date: 18 Nov 2001	Star trails around Polaris.

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